More than 60 per cent of Ukrainian refugee mothers in Poland are experiencing high or severe levels of distress, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, Mental Health Action Day, highlighting the psychological impact of the war in their homeland.
New York: The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to protests that erupted there last November, has said that it’s “deeply alarmed” at continuing executions of demonstrators, ahead of pending reviews.
New York: As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million people have now been forced to flee for their lives.
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking nearly $88 million to assist 6.5 million people in Malawi, including at least 573,000 boys and girls who are at risk of malnutrition.
Hiroshima: A Buddhist monk on Friday staged a protest outside the G7 International Media Centre in the Japanese city of Hiroshima and urged world leaders to shun the use of nuclear weapons.
Thimphu: Tsirang, a rural community aiming for a prosperous future, is experiencing a major transformation in Bhutan under the ‘Mawong Yuetshen’ project, media reports said.
Moscow: An additional 500 American citizens, including former U.S. President Barack Obama have been indefinitely barred from entering Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
A prayer leader and head of a seminary- MadressahJamia Al-Habibia, along with his senior student gang-raped a nine-year-old boy in the Hamayatabad area of Khanewal City in Punjab province, as reported on May 1, 2023.
Hiroshima: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the G7 Summit in Japan's Hiroshima in person, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has confirmed.
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario government's recently introduced Hazel McCallion Act, which, if passed, would begin the process of dissolving the Regional Municipality of Peel and make the municipalities of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon independent, a news release has said.
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's WestJet's strike has been averted ahead of the long weekend by reaching a last-minute deal with its pilots' union.
New York: Roughly 90 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is on the brink of poverty “and children bear the brunt of it,” the Representative of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the country, Fran Equiza, told journalists in New York on Thursday.
The Iran government has executed three persons in connection to their participation in nationwide anti-government protests last year.
New York: Global progress towards disaster risk management has been weak and insufficient, putting at risk the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Nanning: Eleven people were killed in a road accident in Jingxi City of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region early on Friday, according to local authorities.
New York: The UN Children’s Fund is calling for an urgent increase in funding to help tackle an escalating number of cases of sexual violence against children and women in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province, where armed groups proliferate amidst heavy fighting in recent months.
New York: More than six million boys and girls in Türkiye and Syria are still struggling to cope 100 days after the deadly earthquakes that hit both countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Wednesday.
New York: Warring parties continue to make progress in efforts towards ending the nearly decade-long conflict in Yemen, though outstanding issues remain, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.
New York: Russia has confirmed that it will continue to take part in the UN-brokered Black Sea Initiative for a further 60 days, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday.
New York: Amid a massive increase in the number of people in Sudan impacted by more than a month of heavy fighting, the UN on Wednesday said that it needed a record near $3 billion to deliver life-saving aid to them.
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers of Bangladesh have arrested five people on charges of selling a three-year-old boy online after kidnapping him from capital Dhaka city.
Washington: The United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday announced that the United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), have concluded negotiations on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade.
At least one Frontier Corps soldier was killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in Loesam area of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, media reports said on Thursday.
Peshawar: A blast rocked a motorcycle workshop near the Ring Road in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Thursday which left at least one person dead and three others injured, media reports said.
Beijing: The Chinese leadership faces an uphill task to revive a slowing economy and increase employment opportunities for youth as the latest economic data for April 2023 missed all expectations.
Toronto/IBNS: New national data showed Canadian teenagers' vaping rates are highest in the world and there is a lack of action by the federal government experts amid the widespread availability of flavoured vapes, leading to a growing crisis.
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ruled the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law was “illegal” and ordered his release.
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir's Trehgam village is setting an example for the Hindu-Muslim unity as it is a region where people could see a grand mosque and a Hindu temple sharing a common yard.
Toronto: A Canadian Minister has expressed doubt that there might be more "Chinese police stations" operating in Canada.
Beijing:The Chinese government is planning to launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a “new-era” marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, media reports said.
