The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said that tens of thousands of refugees from South Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea living in the country have fled the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Khartoum area. The newly displaced have found shelter in existing refugee camps further east and south, creating new humanitarian…
“The international community’s response to the crisis in Myanmar is failing, and that failure has contributed to a lethal downward spiral that is devastating the lives of millions of people,” Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said at the end of a 10-day official visit to Japan. Referring to…
They strongly condemned the execution this week of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah, who was convicted of conspiring to traffic cannabis from Malaysia to the country in 2013. Fair trial concerns Mr. Suppiah, a 46-year-old Tamil from Singapore, was hanged on Tuesday despite claims that he had not been provided with adequate interpretation during police interrogations. “The…
A turbulent transition to civilian rule has been underway in Sudan since the ouster of former President Omar Hassan El-Bashir in April 2019. The civilian-led transitional Government put in place later that year, through a power-sharing agreement between military and civilian leaders, was toppled by a military coup in October 2021. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
The student was saluted by the teachers and students at the school: Photo: Social Media Michigan: The child’s presence of mind saved the lives of 66 students when the bus driver passed out. According to foreign media, a female bus driver suddenly fainted while driving in the American state of Michigan. The Class 7 student…
File photo Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha Markle has made some shocking revelations about her marriage to Prince Harry. Meghan Markle’s father, brother and half-sister are scheduled to give an interview to a TV channel ahead of King Charles’ coronation. A trailer of the said interview has been shared by the broadcaster on micro-blogging website Twitter….
File photo Paramilitary forces in Sudan have fired on the aircraft involved in the Turkish evacuation operation. The Sudanese army says that the Turkish plane was targeted while landing at the airport on the outskirts of Khartoum. According to the Sudanese military, the firing injured one of the plane’s crew members and damaged the fuel…
File photo British Prime Minister Rishi Sonik’s mother-in-law Sudha Murthy has claimed that her daughter Akshita Murthy made her husband the Prime Minister. In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, Sudha Murthy is seen saying that because of my daughter, Rishi Sonik is rapidly rising to power and has become the…
File photo Mukesh Ambani, the richest businessman in Asia and India, whose net worth is 85 billion dollars, i.e. more than 7 lakh crore rupees, also has a big heart. According to Indian media reports, the chairman of Reliance Industries has gifted his trusted employee Manoj Modi a 22-storey residential building in a posh location…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media Ukrainian authorities have claimed that Russia launched missile attacks in the capital Kyiv, central and southern regions late at night, killing five people and injuring several others. A Russian missile strike hit a residential building in the central region of Uman, killing 3 people and injuring 8, according to Ukrainian…
