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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire to 'ease epic suffering, make the delivery of aid easier and safer and facilitate the release of hostages', in the Gaza Strip.
The Sri Lankan government has announced a visa-free entry initiative for visitors from India.
On day 17 of the Gaza-Israel crisis, UN humanitarians on Tuesday (October 24, 2023) pleaded for desperately needed fuel deliveries and other relief items to prevent the already dire situation in the enclave from worsening further.
Dozens of US states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of causing harm to a youths' mental health through the addictive nature of their social media platforms.
A video has emerged where a worker could be seen urinating into a tank of ingredients in China's Tsingtao beer factory.
With 735 million people going hungry last year and three billion unable to afford a healthy diet, the world is “going backwards on our goal of zero hunger by 2030”, the UN chief told the Committee on World Food Security on Monday.
The security situation continues to deteriorate in Haiti as gang violence grows, and elections are crucial for the sustainable rule of law, the UN Special Representative in the country, María Isabel Salvador, told the Security Council on Monday.
Giving more burden on the shoulders of people, the Pakistan government on Monday accepted a massive hike in gas tariff.
The Royal Mint, the official maker of UK coins, recently launched a collectable 50p coin celebrating Raymond Briggs’ iconic picture book The Snowman.
UN Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host PRC Director of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Washington on October 26-28.
At least 2,000 children have died in Gaza in the past 17 days since the conflict between Hamas group and Israel started, claimed an international aid agency.
Six UN’s Palestinian refugee agency workers were killed in the past 24 hours in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between the Hamas group and Israel.
Hamas members have released two elderly Israeli hostages on Monday (October 23, 2023), media reports said.
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: At least 15 people were killed after two trains collided in Bangladesh's Kishoreganj district, some 117 km northeast of Dhaka, on Monday, the district's Additional Superintendent of Police Md Mostak Sarker told Xinhua.
Buenos Aires/IBNS/UNI: A student died and three others were injured after a 15-year-old teenager started shooting in a school in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, the regional government said on Monday.
Cairo/IBNS: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has reached 4,137, and over 15,000 people have been injured, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Monday.
A large number of young Pakistanis are trying to move abroad in search of a better future as the South Asian country continues to struggle in the face of a slump in the economy and hyperinflation.
Residents of Skardu district in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan recently launched a protest against the local administration over the arrest of prominent activist Shabbir Mayyar.
Civil society representatives, including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), recently expressed concern over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region.
At least six people died and 16 others were injured after a Russian missile hit a postal terminal in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, media reports said.
At least six people died and 16 others were injured after a Russian missile hit a postal terminal in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, media reports said.
Jerusalem/UNI: Israel will not transfer any humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and will also prevent any uncontrolled supplies from other countries, the prime minister's office said on Sunday.
In a shocking turn of events, Parmvir Singh Gosal, a 44-year-old Sikh man from Tracy city, has recently pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a sword attack that marred the 2018 annual Sikh Parade in Yuba City of the USA.
More aid arrived in Gaza on Sunday aboard 14 trucks that passed through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator said in a post on social media.
A soldier died and three others were injured after Hamas members attacked Israel Defense Forces troops carrying out an operation in Gaza border fence, media reports said on Sunday (October 22, 2023).
Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) France plans to evacuate over 100 citizens residing in the Gaza Strip against the backdrop of the ongoing escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Sunday.
Pakistan has expelled over 3000 Afghanistan refugees from the country.
Experts recently discussed the progress made by the South Asian nation while The Democracy Forum conducted a virtual seminar on ‘Bangladesh’s path of global growth’.
The number of people held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip has again increased to 212 despite efforts by a number of countries to ensure the exchange of hostages and prisoners between the Palestinian movement and Israel, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Sunday.
Four Philippine ships entered the waters of the disputed Nansha Islands, also known as Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea "without permission of Chinese authorities" on Sunday, which led to a collision with a Chinese vessel, the China Coast Guard (CCG) said.
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