“Aid, life-saving aid, is desperately needed by civilians wherever they are irrespective of borders and boundaries,” he told journalists in Geneva. “We need it urgently, through the fastest, most direct, and most effective routes. They need more of absolutely everything.” According to UN aid coordinating office, OCHA, six trucks carrying “shelter items and non-food item…
In a heartfelt appeal based on his years of visiting the devastated area, as Secretary-General and previously as head of the UN refugee agency UNHCR, Antonio Guterres said that what had been a “centre of solidarity is now an epicentre of suffering.” ‘Nightmare on top of nightmare’ “People are facing nightmare on top of nightmare. The…
Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection with several search-and-rescue missions conducted between 2016 and 2017. Those accused include four crew members of the Iuventa, a former fishing trawler credited with saving some 14,000 migrant lives in the Mediterranean Sea, and human…
Across the continent, cases in January were 30 per cent higher than for the whole of last year. Most new infections and deaths have occurred in Malawi, which is facing its worst outbreak in 20 years. 10 countries affected Overall, 10 African countries are affected by cholera. The waterborne disease causes acute watery diarrhoea and…
Participants in a panel headlined, Challenges and Opportunities in Creating an Early Warning System for Global Pandemics, on Tuesday warned that we are witnessing the dismantling of essential infectious disease monitoring programmes, at a time when climate change is driving greater risks to public health. “Any platform will need to include data from outside of traditional…
“Violence continues to take a heavy toll on children’s lives in and around Port-au-Prince, and schools are no longer spared,” said Bruno Maes, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in Haiti. “As children reel from the effects of armed violence, insecurity in Haiti shows no sign of abating.” ‘Huge impact’ on children “The targeting of…
Photo: Anadolu Agency Paris: French magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again published a controversial cartoon mocking earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. According to the foreign news agency Al Jazeera, a drawing by artist Pierre-Join shows collapsed buildings amid piles of rubble and reads, “There is no need to send tanks.” Social media users are…
Istanbul: A child buried under the rubble was pulled out alive after 68 hours in the southern province of Hata in Turkey, whose video is viral on social media. According to the Turkish news agency TRT, aid workers said that the child, named Helen, is in good condition and is under the care of the…
A small sample of their own atrocities made the Israeli forces weep. Shooting and shelling of tear gas by Israeli forces on innocent people in Palestine is common. According to foreign media, as a result of wrong shelling in an area of Palestine, the condition of the Israeli forces personnel has disappeared. In this regard,…
Pyongyang: North Korea displayed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and other weapons during a military parade yesterday, describing them as the country’s “largest” nuclear strike capability. According to North Korean state media, the 75th founding day of the North Korean military was celebrated on Wednesday night, with leader Kim Jong-un participating in the parade with his…
