Parliament of Russia The lower house of the Russian parliament has approved the country’s recruitment of criminals to fight in the Ukraine war. According to the Russian news agency Tas News, the parliament has approved the Ministry of Defense to contract with criminals. According to the law, the Ministry of Defense can contract with any…
Preparations have been started for the two-day Pakistan Expo in Vancouver, Canada. Consul General of Pakistan posted in Vancouver, Janbaz Khan, while talking to Representative Jang, said that this expo will further strengthen the trade relations between Pakistan and Canada. The Consul General said that the cooperation of the Canadian High Commissioner in Islamabad in…
Harvard Medical College manager and wife used to sell male organs; Photo: Twitter Massachusetts: Cedric Lodge, a 55-year-old mortuary manager at Harvard Medical College, was arrested for selling organs. According to the international news agency, 55-year-old Cedric Lodge, the manager of the world-famous Harvard Medical College in the US state of Pennsylvania, together with his…
The UN was asking for $11.1 billion dollars – its largest appeal worldwide – to support Syrians inside the country and those displaced in the broader region, Mr. Guterres said. Severe underfunding Only about a tenth of the necessary funding for 2023 has been secured so far and needs are sky-high, after a devastating earthquake…
“We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open”, he said. “It’s time to wake up and step up.” Mr. Guterres was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters following a meeting with civil society climate leaders from across the world. ‘Catastrophe’ looms He said limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible but will…
“Being a child in Haiti today is harsher and more dangerous than it ever has been in living memory. The threats and hardships children face are simply unimaginable. They desperately need protection and support,” said UNICEF Haiti Representative Bruno Maes. Displacement and violence Children find themselves in the crossfire, or directly targeted, as armed groups…
The agency has been working with village security units in communities in Thailand as part of its border management programme. UNODC says that the supply of synthetic drugs through the region “remains at extreme levels.” UN News spoke to UNODC’s Regional Representative, Jeremy Douglas, and Eakkachai Suphan, a village security volunteer in the village of…
An estimated 6.1 million are internally displaced, a 17 per cent increase from October, according to its Displacement Tracking Matrix. IOM said civilians have been killed or forced to flee their homes due to a surge in violence and attacks by armed groups. Deadly attack, intolerable dangers At least 46 people were killed in the…
In a statement, UNITAMS strongly condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who just hours earlier on Wednesday, according to news reports, had publicly blamed the deaths of civilians caught up in the violence stemming from the military power struggle across Sudan, on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “Compelling eyewitness accounts attribute this act to Arab militias and…
Millions of Muslims from all over the world are arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, the Saudi Meteorological Department has predicted how the weather will be there during Hajj. The month of Dhul Hajj has begun and Muslims from all over the world are arriving in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj. It is…
