Pakistani honoured by Sharjah police Abdelaziz was praised for his voluntarily act He moved barriers on road amid heavy rainfall SHARJAH: A Pakistani named Abdelaziz, was honoured by police in Sharjah for voluntarily moving barriers on a flood-damaged road to ensure the safety of citizens. Pakistani worker in the UAE was praised for his humanitarian … Read more
Somalia’s president faced up against his predecessor in long-overdue presidential elections on Sunday, as the country grapples with an Islamist insurgency and the threat of starvation. Explosions were heard close while MPs voted in a tent inside Mogadishu’s heavily-guarded airport complex, emphasizing the country’s dangerous security situation, which has seen an uptick in attacks by … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited a displaced persons camp in Niger on Tuesday, pleading for humanitarian and military assistance for the poor country fighting jihadist rebels. Guterres travelled to the camp at Ouallam in the southwest of the country on the fourth day of a trip to West Africa delayed by the crisis in … Read more
Following a discussion with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would “intensify” its military and humanitarian assistance. Zelensky thanked France for “large-scale military shipments that contribute to the Ukrainian resistance,” Macron said, adding “that this support will continue to intensify, as will the humanitarian assistance provided by … Read more
Former and current Pakistani cricketers expressed grief on the passing away of Bilquis Bano Edhi at the age of 74. She was the wife of the country’s prominent humanitarian and philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi. Due to her worsening condition, she was shifted to a private hospital, according to a spokesperson of the Edhi Foundation. All-format … Read more
The UN envoy to Yemen known as Wednesday for “extreme engagement” to uphold the struggle-torn us of a’s truce, which has provided a unprecedented respite from violence. Hans Grundberg spoke at the end of his first visit to the rebel-held capital, in which he held talks with Huthi rebellion leaders. The two-month ceasefire took effect … Read more
The Russian war on Ukraine has hold off a chain reaction in the global economy with increasing energy and food prices that will worsen poverty and hunger and exacerbate debt concerns, World Bank President David Malpas said Tuesday. Faced with these “overlapping crises,” the leader of the development lender urged advanced nations to keep markets … Read more
Following Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi’s travel to Poland, twenty Ukrainians arrived in Tokyo on a government jet on Tuesday, as Japan cautiously welcomes those escaping Moscow’s incursion. While it has opened its doors to Ukrainians, it refers to them as “evacuees” rather than refugees. Japan generally takes only a few dozen refugees per year from … Read more
The United Nations asked the world to support Afghanistan at a pledging conference on Thursday where it is aiming to collect a record $4.4 billion in humanitarian assistance to the war-torn country. After the Taliban took over the country on August 15 in wake of the withdrawal of the US military. the humanitarian crisis in … Read more
BEIJING: On Friday, the Russia-Ukraine confrontation raged on as important parties attempted to broker a peaceful resolution. The latest developments in the scenario are as follows: On Thursday, UN member states passed a resolution on Ukraine’s humanitarian situation. The resolution gained 140 yes votes and five no votes, with 38 countries voting no. The text strongly … Read more
GENEVA – The number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine has surged to nearly 875,000, UN figures showed on Wednesday, as fighting intensified on day seven of Russia’s invasion. In all, 874,026 people have fled across the country’s borders, according to the website of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. That marks a huge jump … Read more
LASK, Poland – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “shattered peace in Europe” by invading Ukraine, adding that the Western defence alliance would defend “every inch of our territory”. He spoke during a visit to the Lask airbase in NATO member Poland, whose neighbour Ukraine has been fighting back against a Russian offensive … Read more
NAIROBI – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of a severe drought that has left 13 million people facing hunger. Across these regions, where people eke out a living from mainly agro-pastoral activities, the three rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have been … Read more
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The UN chief has denounced abuses by the Central African Republic army and its foreign supporters, an allusion to paramilitary fighters from the Russia-linked Wagner group. “I remain appalled by the continued increase in human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law perpetrated by all parties to the conflict, … Read more
DAMASCUS – When Syria’s largest dam, the Tabqa Dam, was struck in 2017, people living in the region first thought it was another terror act carried out by the Daesh group which was then in control of Tabqa city and the dam. However, it later turned out that it was a US strike against the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his government is willing to allow India to transport wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistan after finalising procedural details, Arab News reported. Prime Minister Khan recently assured a ministerial delegation from Afghanistan to consider the transit of Indian wheat on humanitarian grounds. The delegation, which was led by Afghan foreign … Read more
