Emine Erdogan and Melania Trump (File photo) Emine Erdogan, the wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has appealed to US first lady Melania Trump to advocate for children in Gaza and call on Israel to end the humanitarian crisis.The appeal comes after the US first lady’s earlier outreach to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in […]
GENEVA: Rising global temperatures are having an ever-worsening impact on the health and productivity of workers, the United Nations said Friday, urging immediate action to tackle the dangers of heat stress.Extreme heat is posing growing challenges in the workplace, the UN’s health and climate agencies said, as they issued guidance for governments, employers and health […]
The US state department announced visa sanctions against officials of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA), ‘continuing to support terrorism and not complying with their commitments and undermining the prospects for peace”.In a statement released Thursday, the state department said, “The United States is imposing sanctions that deny visas to PLO […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) At least 66 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by rebels linked to the Islamic State group, local officials said on Saturday.Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist group with ties to IS, attacked civilians in the Irumu area of Ituri province, which borders Uganda. The […]
US defence secy Pete Hegseth with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the Pentagon on Wednesday (AFP photo) Deir Al-Balah, Jul 9 (AP) Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including 10 members of a family sheltering in a tent, hospital officials said Wednesday. The strikes came as US President Donald Trump pushed […]
International Criminal Court (Official website image) The International Criminal Court on Tuesday (local time) issued arrest warrants against two top Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting girls and women in Afghanistan, CNN reported.In a statement, ICC clarified that the two men, Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani are accused of […]
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit the United States from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. During the visit, he will take part in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (QFMM), scheduled for July 1 in Washington, DCThe Quad foreign […]
Palestinians line up to receive bags of flour distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip (Image credit: AP) 34 people were killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, according to health officials. The strikes began late Friday and continued till Saturday morning. The dead included 12 people killed at the […]
GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel’s apparent “weaponization of food” in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel’s military to “stop shooting at people trying to get food”.“Israel’s militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution,” the UN human rights office said in written notes provided before a […]
Indonesia arrests 285 in drug crackdown and seizes over half a ton of narcotics (Image: AP) JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities said Monday they arrested 285 people suspected of drug trafficking, including 29 women and seven foreigners, and seized over half a ton of narcotics during a two-month crackdown. Indonesia is a major hub for drug trafficking […]
