File photo Two teenage girls in West Germany are suspected of murdering a 12-year-old girl. Louise last went to her friend’s house at 5.30 pm on Saturday but when she did not reach home, the parents informed the police. According to a foreign news agency, prosecutors said that the police found the body of a…
The US, UK and Australia have agreed on a nuclear submarine project. Under the deal, Australia will receive at least three US nuclear-powered submarines. The three countries will also work to build a new fleet using advanced technology, including a British-made Rolls-Royce reactor. US President Joe Biden says the deal will not jeopardize Australia’s commitment…
After restrictions on women’s education and employment in Afghanistan, now male tailors have been banned from making women’s clothes. Tailors in the Afghan province of Parwan say that Taliban officials have given them verbal orders that they cannot sew women’s clothes. The new ban has added to their economic woes. On the other hand, the…
America, Great Britain and Australia have signed a submarine agreement, Photo: File Beijing: China strongly criticized the US, UK and Australia’s submarine agreement, calling this security deal a sign of the Cold War mentality. According to the World News Agency, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin accused the three Western allies of inciting an arms…
File photo The Chinese government is considering gradually increasing the retirement age in view of the country’s growing elderly population. According to Chinese state media, a senior expert at the Ministry of Human Resources said that China will take a progressive, simple and different path on the issue of retirement age. Jin Weigang, president of…
Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US Sheikha Al Zain Al Sabah, file photo Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah of Kuwait was sworn in as ambassador to the United States on Monday. Sheikha Al-Sabah received her bachelor’s degree in Communication from Boston University in 1996. He also holds a Masters Degree in Filmmaking from the University of Southern California….
“The national duty to investigate torture is alarmingly, universally, under-implemented,” said Alice Edwards, UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. ‘Take ownership’ “Despite the impressive growth in international criminal courts and tribunals and our collective commitment to those entities, their capacity to deal with the scale and scope of…
In a report to the latest session of the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, warned of an alarming increase in the use of “intrusive and high-risk technologies”, according to a press release issued by the UN human rights office (OHCHR). This…
According to the UN agency, African nations have been worst-hit by the phenomenon, with 37 countries on the continent facing health worker shortages that threaten their chances of achieving universal health care by 2030 – a key Sustainable Development Goals pledge. The actions of wealthy countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) come under scrutiny in the WHO…
“Let me be frank: we are not doing well. Our progress towards the SDGs has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets and Goals, leaving many behind,” she said in opening remarks to the Arab Forum for Sustainable Development (AFSD) in Beirut, Lebanon. World leaders adopted the 17 SDGs in 2015, laying…
