Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Month: April 2020
What to Tell Children About the...
Schools and day care centers in countries throughout the world are closed because of the novel coronavirus. UNESCO says the closings impact more than 87% of the world’s student population. Even young children know there is a virus going around, but what do you say to them?
‘Children Will Die. It’s Terrifying’: Russia’s...
As early as two weeks ago, when Russia was still operating with a degree of normality and the number of official coronavirus cases was in the hundreds, not thousands, half of all NGOs surveyed by the Russian Donors’ Forum had already seen a fall in donations, and a third of donors said they were “reviewing” their budgets for charitable giving
Orban’s Orban Law Establishes “Police Information...
a new smear campaign against the independent media that he accuses of spreading disinformation about the pandemic, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has passed a law called “coronavirus”, which allows him to legislate by ordinances as part of an indefinite state of emergency. In particular, it provides for penalties of up to five years in prison for disseminating false information
COVID-19 As An Emergency Human Rights...
In East and Southern Africa, some governments,such as Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya, have imposed unprecedented measures such as national “lockdowns”, which include school closures
‘Wash Your Hands:’ a Tough Message...
Leaders and medical experts around the world have said that no matter who you are, or where you live, if you want to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, wash your hands
Botswana Declares Emergency on First Confirmed...
Botswana had appeared to be keeping the virus at bay. But, on Monday night, the country’s health minister announced three people, who had traveled abroad, tested positive
COVID-19 Update from WHO
On the situation in Africa, Ryan said, “we are there every day of every week of every year working hand in hand with our colleagues of Ministry of Health and our other partners in the UN system. We’ve been beefing up our support, strengthen our country office, and again supporting on clinical, medical and laboratory science.”
Amnesty International Calls on Bangladesh to...
Shafiqul Islam Kajol was seen on a closed-circuit camera shortly before 7 p.m. on March 10 as he rode a motorbike from his office at the Daily Pokkhokal newspaper. One day earlier, ruling Awami League lawmaker Saifuzzaman Shikhor had filed a case under the act against Kajol and 31 others
Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer May Not...
Li, who had planned to go and meet Wang on Sunday on his release from Linyi Prison, said she now fears that if she does, she won’t be allowed back into Beijing, as the birthplace of mainland Chinese residents is indicated on their national ID card
Tbilisi Streets Deserted After Georgia Imposes...
The streets of Tbilisi were mostly deserted after the Georgian government introduced a curfew on March 31 in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Drone video showed empty roads and squares throughout the Georgian capital. Residents are forbidden to leave their homes from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. unless they have a special permit