The lover who killed his beloved in the hotel room has been jailed for 60 years

The lover who killed his beloved in the hotel room has been jailed for 60 years

In America, a 35-year-old man killed his 47-year-old girlfriend in a hotel, Photo: File A 35-year-old suspect who killed his 47-year-old life partner with a sharp knife in the American state of Texas has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. According to the American Broadcasting Corporation, McNeil, a 35-year-old man, brutally killed his 47-year-old…

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Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians

Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma for Sudan’s youth and cited “deeply disturbing” reports that some children were being used in the fighting.  He also warned that hundreds of thousands of children in the country were severely malnourished and “at imminent risk of death” if left untreated. Those children were particularly vulnerable to…

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New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity

New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity

The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, launched at the Global Environmental Facility Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, will support the implementation of the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and guide nature towards recovery by 2050. Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, emphasized the importance of the Kunming-Montreal…

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Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report

Da’esh and affiliates still a threat in conflict zones, UN counter-terrorism officials report

Ambassadors were briefed by two senior UN counter-terrorism officials who presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the group, also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which showed that the threat in non-conflict areas remains low.  “This analytical distinction can obscure what is the complex, context- specific and dynamic nature of how these groups operate and evolve and their impact on international…

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