Gaza, March 29 (IANS) The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that more than 1.1 million people in the Gaza Strip are facing “an… Continue reading Over 1.1 mn people in Gaza facing food insecurity: UN
Antananarivo, March 29 (IANS) Fourteen people were killed and three others injured after tropical Cyclone Gamane landed in Madagascar, with three more people still missing, Madagascar’s meteorological authorities said. Gamane… Continue reading 14 killed after Cyclone Gamane makes landfall in Madagascar
Beirut, March 29 (IANS) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged Lebanon and Israel to stop escalation in southern Lebanon, calling for a diplomatic solution to the… Continue reading UN urges Lebanon, Israel to stop border escalation
Jerusalem, March 28 (IANS) Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American cognitive psychologist and Nobel laureate in economics, has died at the age of 90. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in a statement on… Continue reading Nobel-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies at 90
Washington, March 28 (IANS) A US State Department staffer responsible for promoting human rights in regions including Gaza has resigned in protest of the continued delivery of weapons from the… Continue reading US State Dept staffer resigns over Washington’s Gaza policy
United Nations, March 28 (IANS) Kamal Kishore, the head of India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), has been appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General with the disaster risk reduction portfolio. “Kishore brings… Continue reading India’s Disaster Management Authority head appointed UN Asst Secretary-General
Nairobi, March 27 (IANS) Households across all continents wasted more than 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and one-third of humanity… Continue reading Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day: UN report
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian leader since the start of war with Russia in 2022, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will arrive in… Continue reading Ukraine’s foreign minister arrives in India on March 28 to discuss bilateral ties
Singapore, March 27 (IANS) Singapore’s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau and Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) have dispatched officers to Baltimore in the US to support the investigation into a vessel-bridge… Continue reading Singapore sends investigators to assist bridge collapse in Baltimore
Moscow, March 27 (IANS) Russian lawmakers are discussing lifting the moratorium on the country’s death penalty, following a recent deadly terror attack at a Moscow concert hall. “Today, there is… Continue reading Russian lawmakers mull over reinstating death penalty after terror attack
Washington, March 26 (IANS) All the 22 Indian crew members of a container ship that caused the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, a port city in the state of… Continue reading Indian crew of ship that caused US bridge collapse safe (Ld)
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The 22-member crew on the Singapore-flagged container ship, which collided with a bridge in the US Baltimore city early on Tuesday, causing it to collapse,… Continue reading Indian crew on container ship which rammed Baltimore bridge, US officials laud timely warning
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) China has demanded a thorough investigation after five of its nationals and one Pakistani citizen were killed in an attack on a convoy in Besham city… Continue reading China demands probe after 5 Chinese nationals killed in Pakistan suicide attack
Tel Aviv, March 26 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that its troops in Gaza have found a cache of weapons at Al-Shifa Hospital’s maternity ward and MRI… Continue reading Troops discover weapons cache at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital: IDF
Islamabad, March 26 (IANS) At least four insurgents were reportedly killed by security forces after they attacked a station of the Pakistan Navy on Monday night in the Turbat city… Continue reading 4 insurgents killed in attack at navy station in Pakistan
