Courtesy: AP. US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. After the meeting, Antony Blanken said while talking to the media that there was an important discussion with the Chinese President. The US foreign minister further said that the US and China have agreed on the need to strengthen bilateral…
Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov, file photo A Russian warship rescued 68 people from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea late at night. The Russian Defense Ministry said in its statement that the ship Admiral Gorshkov received a call for help from the boat Avalon. A Russian ship and a cargo boat carried out a successful…
A Sikh leader of the Khalistan movement in Canada was shot dead outside a gurdwara. According to media reports, Hardeep Singh Nagar was the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey city. He was also the chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force. According to the police, he was killed by two unknown persons in…
Image courtesy: Al Jazeera. The violent operations of the Israeli army in Palestine continue. In this regard, the Palestinian authorities say that the Israeli army attacked the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and martyred 4 Palestinians. According to the Palestinian authorities, 91 Palestinians were injured in the operation of the Israeli army on the…
Hamas delegation, courtesy of IRNA News Agency Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Tehran today along with a high-level delegation. The delegation includes Hamas leaders Sheikh Saleh al-Aruri, Khalil al-Hiya, Nazar Audullah and Muhammad Nasr. This delegation will meet Iran’s senior officials and discuss the issue of Palestine. The visit of the Hamas delegation took…
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most fundamental principles of human rights, particularly for women and girls”. In a joint report presented to the Council by the Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan and…
In his annual review presented to the Human Rights Council, which opened its 53rd regular session on Monday, Mr. Türk insisted that such cooperation was “vital” in a world plagued by conflict, climate disasters and development setbacks. Rights monitoring ‘in the interest of all Malians’ Human rights “must always be above the fray of politics”, Mr….
1. Fresh protection beyond borders While countries are responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of waterways under their national jurisdiction, the high seas now have added protection from such destructive trends as pollution and unsustainable fishing activities. Adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), the “high seas”…
According to a report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, during 2022, multiple nations in the region had their warmest year on record but the expanded use of renewable energy provides a silver lining. Extreme heat, drought and wildfire, marine heatwaves, unprecedented glacier melt – the…
Addressing donors at a pledging event in Geneva convened by the UN with Egypt, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the African Union and the European Union, Mr. Guterres said that some $3 billion was needed to assist people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries. “The scale and speed of Sudan’s descent into death…
