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In a concerning revelation, the official page of the Stockton Gurdwara in California, a well-known location associated with the Khalistani extremist movement, posted an invitation on June 27th for an event related to Paramjit Singh Nijjar and the symbol of Khanda.
Some 100,000 refugees who fled the Karabakh region are beginning to build a new life in Armenia, with the support of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the agency’s Joe Lowry reports from Goris.
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Gaza/UNI: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and West Bank has touched 1,569, while 7,212 others were wounded, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.
Canberra/UNI: The Australian government has been working to repatriate Australian citizens stranded in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.
The path to a sustainable future for Asia and the Pacific runs through its cities — economic, social and cultural centres for nearly 2.5 billion people and home to the world’s largest urban population and number of people living in informal settlements.
The Israeli government has asked nationals, who are staying abroad, to remain alert on Friday (October 13, 2023) after Hamas group called on its supporters worldwide to participate in a “Day of Rage.”
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has wrapped up a three-day visit to Iceland, where she stressed the UN’s dual objective for peace – for the world and with nature – and noted the country’s role enhancing global cooperation on peace as well as climate action.
As Colombia prepares to mark the seventh anniversary of the peace agreement that ended the decades-long conflict there, the Government has increased its efforts to realize the accord’s goals, the UN envoy for the country said on Wednesday.
Syria's two main airports in the capital Damascus and northern city Aleppo, which were under control of the war-torn country became out of service on Thursday as the result of Israeli strikes, state media reports.
The displacement crisis prompted by ongoing conflict in Sudan continues unabated with nearly six million people forced out of their homes and women and children making up nearly nine in 10 of those uprooted, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
UN teams have stepped up their response after another strong earthquake struck western Afghanistan early on Wednesday, just days after powerful earthquakes killed over 2,000 people in the same region.
UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday called for the immediate release of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her unwavering commitment to women’s rights in the country.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday voiced grave concern over the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza and stressed the need to prevent the violence from spreading into the wider region.
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: At least 340,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict days ago, according to a UN agency.
The All Government Employees Grand Alliance (AGEGA) recently launched a sit-in outside the Civil Secretariat in Pakistan's Lahore city against the proposed privatisation of public schools, amendments to pension regulations and stoppage of leave encashment.
The office of the Israeli prime minister Thursday shared horrifying photos of dead babies on social media saying that they were among the pictures shown by Benjamin Netanyahu to visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Toronto/IBNS: Gary Crawford, artist and former City Councillor will be showing his works of art ‘Water, Land, Sky – Paintings and Pastels’ at The Masterpiece Gallery, in Toronto from Oct 19 – 25, as part of his first solo art exhibit since entering political life over 13 years ago.
Educational institutions and several government offices were left paralysed in Rawalpindi city in Pakistan recently after teachers and clerks went on strike over changes to pension rules.
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll of the Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza hit 1,417, while another 6,268 were wounded, according to the Gaza-based health ministry.
An 18-year-old Hindu girl has been allegedly abducted, gang-raped and murdered in Paksitan's Cholistan region, media reports said.
People from all walks of life in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) recently took to the region's streets and demonstrated against a range of issues they have been grappling with for an extended period.
Gaza/IBNS/UNI: Israel destroyed about 752 residential buildings in its airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday, a Palestinian official said Thursday.
Washington/IBNS/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed on Thursday that the United States will always be by Israel’s side as he arrived in Tel Aviv in a show of support amid the escalating war with Hamas.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to kill every member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. However, the country has been asked to conduct the retaliatory action as per the “rules of the war”.
Washington: Israel was alerted by Egypt of a possible attack three days before Hamas' lethal cross-border assault, a US congressional panel chairman has said, AFP news agency reported.
Jerusalem: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz Thursday said his country would cut off basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas sets free all the people it took hostage during its surprise attack on Israel last Saturday
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