Pekon: Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in […]
Tag: Peace
Terrified Alawites In Syria Flee Attacks
Beirut: For two days, Rihab Kamel and her family hid terrified in their bathroom in the city of Baniyas as armed men stormed the neighbourhood, […]
Days After Spat With Zelensky, Trump Warns Of Sanctions Against Russia
Days after spat with Zelensky, Trump says he’s considering “large-scale” sanctions and tariffs against Russia, until a ceasefire and peace agreement is reached with Ukraine. […]
Post-Assad Syria faces critical test over eliminating chemical weapons
Briefing ambassadors, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, welcomed steps taken by the country’s new authorities to engage with the Organisation for the […]
Scores killed in ‘abhorrent attack’ on UN helicopter in South Sudan
More than two dozen members of the South Sudanese military, including an injured General, were also reportedly killed when the UN mission (UNMISS) helicopter came […]
A Passably Lively But Spectacularly Shallow Rom-Com
New Delhi: A sham, short-term romantic dalliance in an elite, no-uniform Delhi school assumes serious overtones and flips and flops its way through predictable ups […]
Pakistan Ranks Second In Global Terrorism Index 2025
Islamabad: A major surge in terror attacks and swelling number of civilian casualties has propelled Pakistan to the second spot in the Global Terrorism Index […]
One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024
UN Women’s latest report Women’s Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing, published ahead of the UN 50th International Women’s Day on 8 March, shows that […]
UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine
The meeting, held under the Assembly’s veto initiative, followed Russia’s use of its Security Council veto on 24 February to block amendments to a United […]
Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy
The “current trajectory is deeply concerning,” he told ambassadors, updating them on the latest political developments in the country, where Houthi rebels – formally known […]
