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Medical Evacuations Begin From Syria’s Eastern Ghouta: ICRC
A woman walks at a damaged site after an airstrike in the rebel-held city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta Syria, November 2, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh Geneva: Medical...
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China Stops Oil Exports to North Korea Amidst Sanctions
A North Korean iron ore mine, near the North Korean town of Musan is seen in this general view taken on May 11, 2013. Credit: Reuters/John Ruwitch Beijing: China exported no oil products to North Korea...
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Rohingya in Bangladesh at Risk of Deadly Diphtheria Face Shortage of Medics,...
Doctors Without Borders has treated around 2,000 patients in the past few weeks and is receiving around 100 new cases daily. Rohingya refugees, who suffer from diphtheria, are being treated at a...
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US Call for UN Emergency Session on Iran Is ‘Destructive,’ Says Russia
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (not in picture) meets Deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov at the President’s Official Residence Mantyniemi, Helsinki, Finland September...
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No Option but to Fight Myanmar, Say Rohingya Insurgents
Aerial view of a burned Rohingya village near Maungdaw, north of Rakhine State, Myanmar, September 27, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Yangon: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no...
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Arab League to Lobby UN To Recognise Palestinian State
(L-R) Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry , Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Minister of State for...
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Myanmar: Prosecutor Seeks Official Secrets Act Charges Against Two Reuters...
Chit Su Win, wife of Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo, and her daughter wait before the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo appear in court in Yangon, Myanmar, January 10, 2018. Credit:...
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Leaving Women and Girls Behind in the Data Revolution Is Not an Option
Without data, it is impossible to track progress or identify policies and interventions that are achieving gender equality. International agencies and governments must commit to investing in collecting...
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Aid Group Throws Light on Neglected Humanitarian Disasters
A report by the international aid organisation CARE aims to shine a spotlight on the humanitarian crises that have been largely neglected by the international community. Congolese soldiers arrest...
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India Is Not ‘Self-Destructing’, It’s Being Destroyed Systematically
A startlingly pessimistic vision of India’s looming environmental and economic collapse – aired by a senior business leader – deserves our urgent attention. Raghu Raman put forward a starkly...
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International Law Does Not Allow India to Intervene in the Maldives
As the situation does not meet the requirements articulated by the ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine, unilateral military intervention would fall foul of Article 2 of the UN charter. Police stand...
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UN Security Council Demands 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria
United Nations Security Council. Credit: Reuters United Nations: The United Nations Security Council is considering demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation...
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UN Says Report on Myanmar Massacre ‘Alarming’, Need for Investigation
Human bones are seen in a shallow grave in Inn Din, Myanmar, October 26, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Wa Lone United Nations: The United Nations on Friday described the details of a February 9 Reuters...
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UN Security Council Demands Truce As Air Strikes Batter Syria’s Ghouta
Wounded children are seen in a hospital in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 23, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Bassam Khabieh Beirut/United Nations: The UN Security Council...
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UN Chief Calls for New Global Effort to Rid World of Nuclear Weapons
“Countries persist in clinging to the fallacious idea that nuclear arms make the world safer… At the global level, we must work towards forging a new momentum on eliminating nuclear weapons,” said...
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