The religious leader of the Christian community, Pope Francis, says that free press is an important indicator of the health of the country. In his message on World Press Freedom Day, Pope Francis said dictatorships are quick to limit or suppress journalism. He said that we need journalists who are independent and help us not…
The shooting happened at an elementary school in the capital Belgrade. 8 students and a security guard were killed in a shooting incident at a school in Serbia, while 7 people were injured. According to media reports, 6 students and a teacher are among the injured. The shooting happened at an elementary school in the…
The 45-year-old Palestinian died in his prison cell on Tuesday morning following a nearly three-month hunger strike. He had been protesting Israel’s widespread policy of arbitrarily detaining Palestinians in “abhorrent conditions” and in violation of fair trial guarantees. The call for greater accountability came from the independent expert, or Special Rapporteur, on the situation of…
El Niño and La Niña are natural phenomena which WMO describes as “major drivers of the Earth’s climate system”. After a three-year La Niña spell, which is associated with ocean cooling, the world faces an 80 per cent chance of an El Niño event developing between July and September. Tell-tale signs are a warming of…
Ambassadors met to examine the Council’s efforts towards building trust that leads to sustainable peace, in light of current and emerging threats. “Full compliance with human rights is the best antidote to the inequalities, unaddressed grievances and exclusion which are often at the root of instability and conflict,” said Mr. Türk, speaking via videolink from…
“Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of the NEOM project and the construction of a 170km linear city called The Line,” the UN experts said. ‘Smart city’ project NEOM is a futuristic urban development project backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund. Shadly Ahmad Mahmoud…
Roughly 258 million in 58 countries faced acute hunger at crisis levels or worse, and people in seven countries faced potential starvation, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). This is the highest number in the seven-year history of the report, although much of the growth reflects an increase in the population…
António Guterres was speaking to journalists in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he will be chairing a meeting of chief executives from across the whole UN system. Since violence erupted in Sudan on 15 April, more than 334,000 have likely been uprooted and more 100,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries, according to UN aid…
Photo courtesy of Google A young student opened fire at a Serbian school, killing 8 students and a security guard. According to foreign media, 6 children, including the teacher, who were injured in the shooting, are under treatment in the hospital, while the student of the seventh grade who fired has been detained. According to…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media In India, the income tax department raided the house of the brother of the leader of the political party Congress and recovered 1 crore rupees. According to Indian media, the money was hidden in a tree in the house in the state of Karnataka, which was recovered. According to reports,…
