EXPLAINER What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers Israel orders the UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday. Israeli soldiers inside an evacuated compound of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Gaza City on February 8, 2024…
Deadly crowd crush at India’s Mahakumbh Mela: All to know About 400 million pilgrims are expected to participate in the world’s largest religious festival on Wednesday. A woman crawls under a fence after a deadly crowd crush before the second ‘Shahi Snan’ (royal bath), at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, on January 29,…
News US revokes security clearance of former military chief Milley Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also orders investigation into Trump critic Milley’s actions and military grade. Former US Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley [File: Olivier Matthys/AP Photo] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025 The United States has revoked the personal security detail and security…
Trump offers federal workers buyout, promises eight months severance pay Millions of employees told those who decide by February 6 to voluntarily leave will receive eight months of salary. The Trump administration says it sent the buyout offers to more than two million people working in the federal government, which now employs more than three…
Deadly crush at India’s Mahakumbh religious festival
Philippe Lazzarini from UNRWA, talks about the profound consequences of an Israeli ban on UNRWA.
News Military governments lead West African trio out of ECOWAS regional bloc ECOWAS has become a target for military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger. ECOWAS has become a target for the military governments that have taken over Burkina, Mali and Niger [File: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters] Published On 29 Jan 202529 Jan 2025…
Doomsday Clock is now 89 seconds to midnight, what does that mean? The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic timepiece showing how close we are to ‘destroying our world with dangerous technologies of our own making’. The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 89 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a…
UNRWA’s director of planning talks about the struggles to supply assistance to those returning to northern Gaza
In Pictures Chinese Lunar New Year starts as millions celebrate the Year of the Snake Millions of people celebrate Lunar New Year, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake. Dragon and lion dancers perform for the crowd on the first day of the Lunar…