Netanyahu strongly criticized the International Atomic Energy Agency, Photo: File Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his commitment that he will do whatever it takes to stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb. According to the World News Agency, the Israeli Prime Minister in his video statement strongly criticized the International Atomic…
Complaints about sex education in British schools were from teachers’ unions; Photo: File London: The UK has decided to review the sex education curriculum in schools by a panel of experts. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, an expert panel has been set up to review sex education in UK schools, with updated guidance coming…
The US administration will allow its company ‘General Electric’ to manufacture aircraft engines in India, these engines will be used in Indian Air Force aircraft. According to a foreign news agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in the US on an official visit on June 22. A joint engine manufacturing deal will be…
Italy lifted the embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the decision was taken at a cabinet meeting. Italy imposed a ban on military equipment exports to Saudi Arabia in 2019 and 2020 so that these weapons could not be used in the Yemen conflict. The Italian government said in its statement that this ban…
American First Lady Jill Biden has arrived in Cairo today where she will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife Intisar Amir. The first lady of Egypt welcomes Jill Biden at the airport, Jill Biden will meet young Egyptian scholars at Jamia Al-Azhar. This is Jill Biden’s first visit to Egypt after…
Asia’s top security summit began in Singapore today, and will continue till June 4. The Shangri-La Dialogue is attended by senior military officers, diplomats, arms manufacturers and security analysts from around the world. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver the keynote speech, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China’s Defense Minister Li Shengfu will…
Chronic underfunding over the past decade, and resultant severe austerity measures, mean UNRWA is already operating with a $75 million shortfall, putting its lifesaving programmes across the Middle East at risk. “As I address you today, I do not have the funds to keep our schools, health centres and other services running as of September,”…
Some 1.6 million people in Rakhine, Chin, Magway, Sagaing, and Kachin states are in dire need of assistance after Mocha’s 250 kilometre per hour wind gusts destroyed homes, farmland and livestock. Speaking from hard-hit Rakhine State capital Sittwe, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Myanmar, Titon Mitra, said that time was of the essence as food reserves…
In a statement on Friday, the experts said that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence-based biometric surveillance systems, are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts”, without individuals’ knowledge or consent ‘Urgent red lines’ must be drawn “Urgent and strict regulatory red lines are needed for technologies that claim to perform emotion or gender recognition,” said the experts,…
Since the start of the year, abortion has been banned in 14 states across the country, and the consequences of the Supreme Court decision has reverberated throughout the entire legal and policy system, the Human Rights Council-appointed experts said. “The regressive position taken by the US Supreme Court…by essentially dismantling 50 years of precedent protecting…
