In a fresh alert about the disastrous humanitarian emergency still unfolding in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, said on Friday that it will “take years” before the Strip is made safe again. The lives of more than two million Gazans have been devastated by daily Israeli bombardment, since Hamas-led terror attacks in…
“This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, who described as “staggering” the latest Gaza health authority data indicating that at least 12,300 youngsters have died in the enclave in the last four months, compared with 12,193 globally between 2019 and…
“Amid all of the crises around the world, it is important no one is forgotten. The people of Myanmar have been suffering for too long,” Volker Türk said ahead of the anniversary of the coup on 1 February. He explained that fighting between the military and armed opposition groups has resulted in mass displacement and…
Catherine Russell made the appeal in a statement to mark World Children’s Day, which commemorates the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. “At no time since the CRC was adopted 34 years ago have children’s rights been in greater…
More than 800 people have been reportedly killed by armed groups in Ardamata, West Darfur, an area which has so far been less affected by the conflict that erupted in April. Ardamata also housed a camp for internally displaced people, Close to 100 shelters have been razed to the ground, while extensive looting – including…
Paulo Pinheiro spoke to UN News this week after presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, which examines a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues. The Syrian war, which began in March 2011, is at its “worst point” in four years, he said, while stressing that the escalating…
That figure translates to an alarming average of 20,000 children uprooted every day. The findings are contained in UNICEF’s latest report, Children Displaced in a Changing Climate, the first ever global analysis of child displacements caused by floods, storms, droughts and wildfires. It also projects future trends for the next three decades. Catherine Russell, UNICEF…
Another incident of live-in relationship murder in India, Photo: File Bangalore: In the Indian state of Karnataka, 29-year-old Vishnu brutally killed his partner, 24-year-old Deva. Both were living together for 2 years. According to Indian media, this couple from Kerala had been living in a rented house in Karnataka for two years without getting married….
File photo Dr. Muhammad Masood, a Pakistani living in the American state of Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of terrorism. According to the American media, a 31-year-old Pakistani doctor has admitted his intention to work for the terrorist organization ISIS. Pakistani Dr. Muhammad Masood was working for a Minnesota medical…
Yesterday was the hottest day since 1763 in the northern Italian city of Milan, with an average temperature of 33 degrees Celsius. According to the Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA), Milan is experiencing a heat wave that began in mid-August. In 1763, the Milano Brera meteorological station began recording temperatures. ARPA says August 23 and…
