File photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United Arab Emirates on an official visit, where he was received by the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. According to a foreign news agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Crown Prince Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin…
This year, the number of migrant children drowning in the Mediterranean has doubled; Photo: File Geneva: The United Nations report revealed that 289 children died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea this year and this number is several times higher than last year. According to the World News Agency, the United Nations report said that…
That’s the message from UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to ending the epidemic, which said on Thursday that truly eradicating it boils down to a “political and financial choice”. The agency’s Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, said that today’s leaders have the opportunity to save millions of lives and be “remembered by future generations” as those…
File photo The head of Russia’s intelligence agency, Sergei Naryshkin, has contacted the head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). According to Arab media, after the coup of a private military group in Russia, there was contact between the heads of the American and Russian intelligence agencies. Sergei Naryshkin says that he had a…
Islamabad: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has deposited one billion dollars into the State Bank account. In the video conference, the Finance Minister said that in the recent past, the UAE had announced a loan of one billion dollars, which was assured by the authorities in the Prime Minister’s…
The Pakistani education advocate – who was shot by the Taliban for her activism – was speaking exactly 10 years after her landmark ‘Malala Day’ address to youth at UN Headquarters in New York, where she called for global action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. Passionate message UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed introduced Malala, saying…
Image courtesy: The Guardian, London. American President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak met today in London. According to the British Prime Minister’s spokesman in London, the two leaders stressed the need for cooperation in the long-term defense of Ukraine. The spokesman said that the US decision to supply Ukraine with cluster weapons…
Ahead of World Population Day, marked annually on 11 July, Chompunuch Maneechat, known as Baitoey, spoke with UN News about the importance of young people seizing every opportunity to improve themselves and contribute to society with meaningful work. “I left school in my hometown, Phrae, when I was 15 years old as I preferred going out…
Unintended teenage pregnancies are significant among poorer parts of the north of the country, where accessibility to service and information is harder to reach than elsewhere, and there is anecdotal evidence in some schools showing an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palang Jo, or Youth’s Power, is an NGO based in Phrae in northern Thailand whose…
Photo courtesy: Associated Press Clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan have been going on for three months, in this regard, the United Nations declared the civil war in Sudan as a threat to the stability of the region. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has expressed serious concern about…
