Afghan women are protesting for access to education and employment. The Taliban has banned beauty parlors in Afghanistan, a government spokesman announced. A spokesman for the Taliban government’s ministry, Mohammad Siddiq Akif Mohajer, did not give details of the ban but confirmed the text of an order circulating on social media. According to the post…
António Guterres was addressing the Council of The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the world’s largest regional security body in terms of landmass and population which currently includes China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and new member Iran. The UN has had a cooperation agreement with the Asia-focused SCO since 2010, which also partners…
In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian law. The incursion follows another operation in the camp on 19 June, which left four Palestinians killed and 91 others injured. Rising death toll The UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday that…
People around the world should be able to play a more significant role in decision and policy-making processes that impact them and their communities in order to uphold democracy; that’s according to participants in a discussion at the UN focusing on strengthening democratic governance. In recent years, the UN has increasingly been looking at ways to…
Police personnel are at the scene after the shooting. 3 people were killed in a shooting in the city of Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The shooting incident took place in the parking lot, resulting in the death of one person on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital. Police say…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media In the Indian state of Maharashtra, a truck rammed into a dhaba due to brake failure, as a result of which 9 people were killed and many injured. According to Indian media, 20 people injured in the accident have been shifted to the hospital. According to reports, after the brake…
The reason for the train accident that occurred in the Balasore district of the Indian state of Orissa has come to light. According to Indian media reports, investigations into the train accident revealed that faulty connections made during repair work on a railway barrier in the automatic signaling system for the railway network led to…
File photo Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia’s capital Moscow have been foiled. In this regard, the Russian army says that no one was injured due to the fall of the debris of the 5 drones that were shot down. According to the Russian news agency, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense has declared…
File photo Diplomatic relations between Turkey and Egypt have been restored after which both countries have also appointed ambassadors. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, the ambassadors have been appointed to restore relations between the two countries. According to foreign media, diplomatic relations between Turkey and Egypt were severed in 2013. According…
Shanghai Cooperation Organization agrees to expand friendship, trade, declaration issued In the declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit held in India, the member countries agreed to increase cooperation in the fields of security, trade, economy and investment, mutual respect, friendship, good neighborliness, peace and common development and constructive dialogue based on trust. And agreed…
