Category: World

1:02 p.m. EDT MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everybody. QUESTION: Good afternoon. MR PATEL: Happy Tuesday. I don’t have anything off the top. Daphne, you want to kick us off? QUESTION: All right, thank you. A loud blast was heard in Beirut just a few minutes ago, and a security source has said the strike was […]

To fight against trafficking newborns, the new legislation facilitates the criminal prosecution for such crimes as kidnapping, illegal deprivation of liberty, human trafficking, involvement in prostitution and more. Approved ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, marked annually on 30 July, the law responds to a grim reality. Last year, 19 cases of trade […]

In March, the Government declared a state of emergency in 23 of the southeast African nation’s 28 districts amidst severe El Niño conditions. The current El Niño weather pattern is occurring against the backdrop of recurrent disaster and climate shocks, and heightened vulnerabilities that have set back Malawi’s development trajectory.   In March last year, […]

The United States would help Israel defend itself should a full-scale war break out with Lebanon, the country’s Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters in the Philippines as Lebanon braced for an IDF counterstrike. “We remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full fight. And I don’t believe that a fight […]

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides advice about risks of travel to help British nationals make informed decisions. Find out more about FCDO travel advice. Areas where FCDO advises against travel Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against FCDO advice. Within 80km of the Venezuela-Colombia border  FCDO advises against all […]

This National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, our Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is raising awareness of protections for job-based mental health and substance use disorder benefits and encouraging everyone, particularly those in underserved communities, to break the silence and stop the stigma when they need help.  Mental health affects all of us. While reported […]

Almost 10 months of war and intense Israeli bombardment have shattered healthcare in Gaza and disrupted routine inoculation rounds for youngsters, leaving them exposed to a range of preventable diseases including polio, which the UN World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed had been identified last month in several sewage samples taken from Gaza. Safe access call […]

The arms embargo was established in 2013 against the backdrop of a brutal intercommunal conflict, when the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power leading to the mostly Christian militias fighting back. Civilians bore the brunt of the conflict, with several thousands killed and many forced from their homes. Unanimously adopting resolution 2745 (2024), the Security […]

The United Kingdom is evaluating its continued sale of arms to Israel, United Kingdom Secretary of State David Lammy told parliament on Tuesday amid reports that his newly installed Labour government planned to halt such sales. Israel has been concerned that the United Kingdom would indeed take such a step, or that it would at […]

Every year, millions of children around the globe fall prey to human trafficking.  To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations Network on Migration calls on States to intensify their efforts to prevent and combat child trafficking and to provide comprehensive protection and assistance to the children who fall victim to this […]