An extremist leader in Sweden desecrated the Koran and burned it in public; Photo: File Geneva: At the meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Arab countries described the global silence on the burning of the Holy Quran as disappointing. According to the international news agency, the Arab countries protested at the meeting…
Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Yemeni president are talking. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was met by Yemeni President Rashid Al Alimi at Al-Imamah Palace in Riyadh. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed Saudi Arabia’s support to the Yemeni government and people. On this occasion, Saudi Arabia reiterated its support for a…
Flights have been suspended at Bristol Airport in the UK due to snowfall. According to a media report from London, flights at Bristol Airport will remain suspended until 11 am. Media reports have stated that snow removal from the runway at Bristol Airport is underway. According to media reports, the transport system is affected due…
Nord Stream 1 and 2, the pipeline that supplies gas from Russia to Germany, was destroyed not by Russia, but by a pro-Ukraine group. This claim has been made in a recent report published in German and American media. According to the reports published in the American newspaper New York Times in addition to various…
At noon on Wednesday, LDC5 held a moment of celebration near Maman, the iconic bronze and stainless-steel sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois that towers over the main atrium at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Qatar, where the Conference has been under way since last Sunday. A celebration of motherhood, the giant statue, Ms….
Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban decrees that have further eroded the rights of Afghan women. However, she also urged the international community to preserve “whatever political space exists” for frank discussions with Afghanistan’s leaders, warning of rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and…
Notwithstanding progress in increasing enrolment rates for primary education, 16.2 per cent of children of primary school age were out of school in least developed countries (LDCs) in 2019 and almost half of children out of school worldwide are in those same countries, with girls, children with disabilities and other children in vulnerable situations disproportionately…
“We are in the midst of a cycle of violence that must be stopped immediately,” Tor Wennesland said in a statement on Wednesday. Concern for civilians “I am deeply disturbed by the continuing violence and appalled by the attacks of Israeli settlers against Palestinians two days ago in Huwwara, near Nablus. Israel, as the occupying…
If adopted, the new bill would deny the right to seek refugee protection to people arriving irregularly in the UK, such as those risking their lives to cross the English Channel in small boats. Instead, these asylum-seekers would face detention and deportation, without having their individual circumstances examined. “This would be a clear breach of…
Many attendees wore suits, scarves or other items of clothing in shades that spanned from periwinkle to indigo, in tribute to women working in tech, a sector that remains overwhelmingly male. “I see this room seldom so packed and so full of energy. It is a clear indication of the noble goals that we are…
