The Caribbean island nation continues to endure extreme insecurity, with widespread and incessant violence as rival gangs fight each other and the police for control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. The violence, which includes kidnapping for ransom, is playing out against a backdrop of political and economic crises as well as poverty and underdevelopment. Chantale Valcourt…
The move will allow for further evaluation of the security issues that impact both personnel on the ground and the people they are trying to serve, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Wednesday during the noon briefing for reporters in New York. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) reports that daytime operations are continuing, including…
António Guterres was addressing a UN General Assembly meeting on the topic of “human security”, which he described as a useful framework that could promote “bold, decisive, collective action” amid growing turbulence worldwide. He said civilians in Gaza “have no security at all” in the face of relentless Israeli attacks, adding that Israelis themselves “feel…
There are marks of torture on the girl’s face and other parts of her body Lahore: The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau has taken into custody a 10-year-old domestic worker who was subjected to violence in Johortown, while a case has been registered against the accused who abused the girl. According to reports, Gulnaz Fatima,…
Tents for displaced people in southern Gaza When war began on 7 October, life changed dramatically overnight for mother-of-four Hala, as it did for the more than two million Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip. She kept a diary of her experiences and shared it with the UN humanitarian agency (OCHA). It recounts her…
Having previously endured conflict in Afghanistan, Ali comprehended the far-reaching implications of large-scale military actions on the lives of civilians. Immediately after the start of the Ukraine war, Ali and his wife, the owners of a small clothing store in Odessa, began to engage in relief work and donate clothes to people who had been…
Rawalpindi: In a private housing society, husband and wife brutally tortured an 8-year-old domestic worker, breaking her elbow bones, the police registered a case and arrested the accused. According to the details, the husband and wife brutally tortured their 8-year-old domestic worker in a private housing society in Rawat police station area after their children’s…
—Photo: Express News Lahore: In Punjab, the Child Protection Bureau has apparently done a great job in effectively preventing the incidents of violence against child domestic workers and girls, while in Rahim Yar Khan, an incident of brutal violence against a 10-year-old domestic worker has come to light. According to the details, 10-year-old housemaid Mehreen…
Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed…
The accused opened fire on his colleague as soon as he left the office: Photo: File New Delhi: An office worker shot a colleague over a dispute over sitting on a chair in an office in India. According to Indian media, a discussion on the chair started between Vishal and Aman Jangara, who works in…
