Due to the growing injustices and atrocities of the Modi government in India, the Sikhs took up arms. The Sikh Azad Khalistan movement gained momentum. In India, pro-Khalistan Sikhs and the police have clashed in the Ajnala area, 25 km from Amritsar. There is deep grief and sorrow in the Sikh community against injustice and…
The woman was reported missing on February 6; Photo: File Paris: A woman’s body parts have been found in bags in different parts of a park famous for romance in France. According to the World News Agency, plastic bags were hidden in different places in Bates Chaumont Park, located in the north of Paris, the…
Denise Brown is the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine. Based in the capital Kyiv, she works alongside around 20 UN agencies with some 2,600 staff, the majority Ukrainians. She spoke to UN News about the challenges of supporting communities in a country at war. “Conditions have been pretty difficult in Ukraine over the…
“Life is a living hell for the people of Ukraine,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Council, which has held more than 40 debates on the conflict since Russia’s full-scale invasion one year ago. On the occasion, the 15-member organ held a ministerial-level meeting on the heels of the UN General Assembly’s new demand that…
“Since the start of the full-scale war we, along with our humanitarian partners in Ukraine, have made every effort to ramp up operations to provide life-saving support to those who need it most,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. Last year, thousands of convoys delivered vital supplies to people in all regions…
Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, briefed journalists in Geneva on her recent visit to the region, where she saw first-hand some of the destruction. “Children in Türkiye are at risk of developing anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder; they need to be able to resume their education, and they urgently…
Accurate early warnings and early action on the ground helped limit loss of life over the course of the cyclone, UN officials said. UN agencies delivered a host of supplies ahead of the approaching cyclone and are providing assistance to those in need. Currently, strong winds and high seas are threatening Mozambique with dangerous and…
Loud explosions were heard in the Karaj region near the Iranian capital Tehran on Thursday night, with an air defense system reportedly firing back. According to initial reports, Iran activated its air defense system in the area after the blasts. Iran’s official news agency says the blast and the activation of air defenses were part…
On the one-year anniversary of the Russian aggression on Ukraine, the European Union expressed symbolic solidarity in Brussels. In this regard, between Thursday and Friday night, the main buildings of the European Union in Brussels, the European capital, were illuminated with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The buildings of the European Parliament, the European…
File photo A royal watcher has warned King Charles III that the presence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the coronation ceremony will ruin the historic event. Royal commentator Tom Bower has claimed to the media that people are fed up with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, so now they will stay at…
