UN envoy condemns intense wave of Israeli airstrikes on Syria

[ad_1] UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O Pedersen (Image: ANI) HARASTA: The United Nations special envoy for Syria condemned Saturday an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes as Israel said its forces were on the ground in Syria to protect the Druze minority sect following days of clashes with Syrian pro-government gunmen. The late Friday […]

‘Deadly blockade’ leaves Gaza aid work on verge of collapse: UN, Red Cross

[ad_1] Flag of UN organisation (Image: AP) GENEVA: Two months into Israel’s full blockade on aid into Gaza, humanitarians described Friday horrific scenes of starving, bloodied children and people fighting over water, with aid operations on the “verge of total collapse”.The United Nations and the Red Cross sounded the alarm at the dire situation in […]

South Africa says its peacekeeping troops are withdrawing from rebel-held eastern Congo

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) CAPE TOWN: The South African armed forces said Thursday they had begun withdrawing their peacekeeping troops from rebel-controlled eastern Congo. The South African National Defense Force said the troops began moving out earlier this week and would travel through neighboring Rwanda to Tanzania and fly home from there. Peacekeeping troops from […]

Over 72,000 migrants dead, disappeared globally since 2014: UN

[ad_1] The United Nations flag (Image: AP) GENEVA: More than 72,000 deaths and disappearances have been documented along migration routes around the world in the past decade, most of them in crisis-affected countries, the United Nations said on Tuesday.Last year saw the highest migrant death toll on record, with at least 8,938 people dying on […]

At night, crime and fear stalk Democratic Republic Congo’s M23-run areas

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) BUKAVU: Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at dawn, lying in the steep streets of the capital of South Kivu province, which has been in the hands of the anti-government group since mid-February after it […]

Myanmar post-earthquake truce due to lapse

[ad_1] YANGON: A Myanmar ceasefire declared after last month’s devastating earthquake was due to expire on Tuesday, after aid groups and international mediators called for an extension to ease relief efforts.The junta, which seized power in a 2021 coup sparking a many-sided civil war, said it would cease attacking its myriad armed opponents following the […]

Israel’s Military Cites ‘Professional Failures’ in Killings of Gaza Medics

[ad_1] The Israeli military said Sunday that an investigation into its soldiers’ deadly attack on medics in Gaza last month had identified “several professional failures” and that a commander would be dismissed. The military had previously acknowledged carrying out the attack in Rafah, southern Gaza, that killed 14 rescue workers and a United Nations employee […]

Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says

[ad_1] The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan, a UN report said Thursday, six months after laws regulating people’s conduct came into effect. The Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many aspects […]

Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says

[ad_1] The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers at mosques during the holy month of Ramadan, a UN report said Thursday, six months after laws regulating people’s conduct came into effect. The Vice and Virtue Ministry published laws last August covering many aspects […]

Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade

[ad_1] The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, on Tuesday sharply criticized Israel’s renewed blockade of aid to Gaza as a violation of its obligations under international law and said it had opened “the floodgates of horror.” “Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop,” Mr. Guterres said in prepared remarks […]