A bill to outlaw gender reassignment has been passed in Russia. According to international media reports, members in the lower house supported banning sex reassignment operations and passed a bill to outlaw sex reassignment. After the Upper House and President Putin’s approval, the bill will become law. The bill would ban any medical procedure aimed…
The US and China also participated in the meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers; Photo: Reuters Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo has warned that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations “ASEAN” cannot become a proxy for any country. According to the World News Agency, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that the organization cannot become a proxy…
Ocean Gate Company suspends all operations; Photo: File Washington: The submarine Titan, which was carrying the remains of the Titanic, exploded in the sea and 5 people including two Pakistanis were killed. After the incident, Oceangate, the company that owns the submarine, shut down all its social media accounts. According to the world news agency,…
Brussels: A resolution was passed in the European Parliament against human rights abuses in India, demanding that the Indian authorities stop ethnic and religious violence. According to the details, a resolution was passed in the European Parliament against the violation of human rights in India. The resolution condemned racial and religious violence in India. The…
According to the UN weather agency, June witnessed the warmest global average temperature on record, and heatwaves have persisted into early July. Torrential rains and floods have resulted in dozens of fatalities and affected millions in the United States, Japan, China and India. ‘New normal’ “The extreme weather – an increasingly frequent occurrence in our…
“Every new wave of warfare brings with it a rising tide of human tragedy, including new waves of war’s oldest, most silenced and least condemned crime,” she said. The Council meeting to examine implementation of its resolutions on conflict-related sexual violence was convened by the United Kingdom, which holds the rotating presidency this month. Meetings survivors in…
The joint assessment from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which is part of WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization, represents the first public intervention by the UN health agency on the widely used sweetener. Aspartame has been used in multiple food and…
The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports. OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance issued a statement condemning the violence, expressing concern over “allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police”. Reports estimate the number of people…
The figure is equivalent to about 11 children dying each week, “far beyond what we hear in news headlines,” Vera Knaus, the agency’s Global Lead on Migration and Displacement, told journalists attending the biweekly UN humanitarian briefing in Geneva. “We cannot continue to ignore what is happening – stand by silently when nearly 300 children…
The Ambassador of Pakistan said that the issues of religious minorities should be discussed and that is the reason why we are here today. A conference was held at the Prime Minister’s House in Italy under the title ‘The development of religious minorities is the development of countries’. In this conference held on July 13,…
