Once more, UN envoy urges for the lifting of limitations placed upon women in Afghanistan.
During a briefing to the ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), discussed the recent arrests of Afghan women for supposed violations of Islamic dress code. She expressed concern over the impact this…
UN officials in Haiti are expressing concerns about the urgent need for aid as multiple crises continue to worsen. “We are facing a critical situation in Haiti, with multiple crises which are all impacting the most vulnerable populations,” declared UN officials. They emphasized the urgency of providing aid as the situation continues to deteriorate. Officials from the United Nations in Haiti are warning that time is running out as a series of crises worsen and the need for aid becomes increasingly urgent. The vulnerable populations are being heavily impacted and the officials stressed the urgency of providing assistance as the situation continues to deteriorate.
Ahead of an expected closed-door Security Council meeting, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for the urgent deployment, with no further delay, of the Council-mandated multinational security support mission in Haiti. The fact is that, given…
It has been 11 months since the start of the conflict in Sudan, and now there is a looming hunger crisis that is being described as the worst in the world.
The UN World Food Programme, WFP, has observed that the country in northeast Africa is currently facing the biggest displacement crisis in the world. The conflict between the Sudanese Army and the rival group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
The chief of the UN health agency is requesting for more assistance to be delivered to Gaza immediately.
These are “children who survived bombardment, but may not survive a famine”, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros said on X, formerly Twitter. In addition to the ongoing violence, the head of WHO gave a warning and a video…
The UN aid coordinator reports that children are perishing from starvation in Gaza.
“Children are dying from hunger,” he said via videolink, as media reports indicate that at least 20 children have succumbed to starvation in the besieged and bombarded enclave, including most recently a 14-day-old baby. He urged for a proposal to…
The Digital Markets Act in Europe is compelling large technology companies to implement alterations.
LONDON — European users of smartphones and computers will be presented with additional options this week in terms of default browsers and search engines, downloading iPhone applications, and controlling their personal data usage online. The Digital Markets Act, a set…
An explosion shakes Odesa while the Greek Prime Minister meets with Zelenskyy.
The noise of a massive blast echoed across Odesa on Wednesday, coinciding with the conclusion of a tour of the war-stricken southern city by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The leader of Greece stated that…
The blame for Russia’s hacking of Ukraine missiles falls on human error, according to Germany.
LONDON — On Tuesday, Germany stated that a mistake by a person was responsible for Russia obtaining a recording of a phone conversation between high-ranking German military members discussing the provision of long-distance weapons to Ukraine. Germany denied that its…
After an investigation, Germany attributed the hacking of a call regarding Ukraine missiles to human error on the part of Russia.
On Tuesday, Germany stated that a mistake made by people led to Russia acquiring a recording of high-ranking German military members discussing the provision of long-range weapons to Ukraine. Berlin refuted claims that its systems were hacked. As reported by…
Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, have been restored and are now functioning again after experiencing a worldwide outage.
Washington — Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by Meta, were restored on Tuesday following a disruption of over two hours. The outage, caused by a technical problem, affected hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. The disturbances began at approximately…