Category: World

Depending upon where you are in Europe, the practice of sunbathing topless is more or less acceptable. Brits, for example, have a record of struggling to ditch the bikini top by comparison to their more brazen European neighbours. Yet even on what the English describe as “The Continent”, exposing one’s breasts is fraught with peril. […]

Last month, students in Bangladesh staged massive protests against the Government, demanding an end to a “quota system” for government jobs amid rising unemployment.  More than 200 people were killed in clashes with security forces, including bystanders, according to media reports. Although the authorities withdrew the system, fresh protests broke out in parts of capital […]

The report on Children and Armed Conflict in Sudan, released on Tuesday, documented a staggering 2,168 grave violations against 1,913 children in 2022 and 2023 – a significant increase compared to the previous reporting period. The most prevalent violations included killing and maiming (1,525 cases), recruitment and use of children in combat (277 cases), and […]

Mr. Guterres spoke that morning with the country’s acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri. Concern for the region “During the conversation, the Secretary-General expressed his deep concern regarding the ongoing situation in the region,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric during his daily briefing in New York “He reiterated his public message urging all parties to work […]

The 15-month-long escalating conflict between warring militias “has severely impeded humanitarian access and pushed parts of North Darfur into famine, notably in the Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs)”, stated the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) in its latest report. The global initiative, comprising UN agencies, regional partners and […]

Videos circulating on social media since Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran claiming to show Haniyeh’s final moments, are old videos of an injured Palestinian, UN-affiliated fact-checking tool iVerify confirmed on Thursday Since the death of the prominent Palestinian political leader and one of the terror organization Hamas’s key figures Ismail Haniyeh on […]

  On 1 August 2024, the European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) enters into force. The Act aims to foster responsible artificial intelligence development and deployment in the EU. Proposed by the Commission in April 2021 and agreed by the European Parliament and the Council in December 2023, the AI Act addresses potential risks to citizens’ health, […]

Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, issued a statement saying he has engaged in “critical discussions with the relevant parties and Member States in the region, including Lebanon, Egypt and Qatar, in support of regional de-escalation”. “I underscored the urgency of addressing the growing risk of a serious escalation, which poses […]

A $2.7 billion plan to support nearly 15 million people this year is less than a third funded, resulting in huge shortfalls, which also impact local organizations at the forefront of the response. “To stop a large-scale famine from taking hold, donors must urgently scale up their financial support while using diplomatic means to push […]

Israeli artist Orit Oged signed a plea deal for a double murder trial in California, on July 30, according to Israeli media. She incriminated her husband while admitting that she helped him carry out the double murder of Mr. William and Mrs. Yesenia Larsen in 2021. Orit Oged, formerly of Moshav Ramot in the Golan […]