Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country's president

Georgian Airlines has imposed a travel ban on its own country’s president

President Salumi Zorabkholi, file photo Georgian Airways, the national airline of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, banned the country’s president from boarding its planes. According to the foreign news agency, the president of Georgia, Salomi Zorabikhvili, said that she would boycott the airline after the national airline resumed flights to Russia….

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New EU sanctions on Iran

New EU sanctions on Iran

The European Union has imposed new sanctions on Iran against the government crackdown. According to the news agency from Brussels, the new sanctions were imposed on Iranian officials and institutions in response to the violent crackdown. The sanctions include 5 individuals and 2 entities of Iran. The news agency says that there were protests in…

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Bans should be lifted, not against neighbors and international community, Afghan Deputy Prime Minister

Bans should be lifted, not against neighbors and international community, Afghan Deputy Prime Minister

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi has said that the policies of the Islamic Emirate are not hostile to neighboring and international countries. Addressing an event in Kabul, he said that the Islamic Emirate wants relations with everyone based on respect. Mullah Abdul Salam demanded that the…

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Ali Akbar Ahmadian appointed secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council

Ali Akbar Ahmadian appointed secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed IRGC Commander Ali Akbar Ahmadian as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. The Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council is the highest-level post in Iran, playing an important role in the country’s domestic and regional policymaking. Before Ahmadiyan, Ali Shamkhani, who had held the post for…

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Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished

More than seven million children under the age of five remain malnourished and in need of urgent nutrition aid, and over 1.9 million boys and girls* are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. As the region comes out of one of the worst droughts in 40 years, vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods over the past three years of failed rains.  “The crisis…

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IAEA warns of ‘increasingly tense military situation’ around Ukraine nuclear plant

Ukraine: Power loss at nuclear plant underscores ‘highly vulnerable’ safety situation

This marked the seventh time that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant had been completely disconnected from the national electricity grid since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion 15 months ago, the agency said, noting that the facility was forced to run on emergency diesel generators once again.  The plant’s only remaining external 750 kilovolt…

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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

According to WMO, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather.   WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high…

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Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year

Ghana peacekeeper named UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year

Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in Abyei since March last year, as the Commander of the Ghana Engagement Platoon, will receive the award from Secretary-General António Guterres during a ceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers this Thursday, said the Department of Peace Operations in a press release. Abyei is a disputed and resource-rich area between Sudan and…

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