Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Year: 2021
Eliminate Lebanon Subsidies-Whether This Will be...
Analysts predict that Lebanon’s newly formed government would eliminate subsidies on basic goods such as fuel by the end of this month. The government has given cash cards to the most needy to replace a bloated subsidy system, but in a country where the UN estimates that 78 percent of the population lives in poverty, there are doubts that this will be enough
Benin Now Rated as the Quickest...
Benin introduced an online service to allow people to register their businesses early in the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a United Nations organisation, the E-registration system has worked so successfully that this West African country is now the world’s fastest place to launch a business
China Closes Tibetan School in Qinghai,...
Authorities in a Tibetan-populated county of northwestern China’s Qinghai province have shut down a Tibetan-run private school, forcing some students to enroll in government schools but leaving others who have no families to fend for themselves, Tibetan sources say.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan, as well as the situation in Sudan and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, is chaired by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of September
Broadway in New York City Reopens
As Broadway reopens after 18 months due to COVID-19 Pandemic, theatres implement new safety measures for both audience and cast and crew.Aladin,The Book of Mormon,Come From Away,Diana,Girl From the North Country,Hamilton,The Lion King,Wicked,Chicago all perform in front of fully vaccinated audience
Palestinians Are Sceptical of Israeli Economic...
Last month, US President Joe Biden urged Israel’s new leaders to take confidence-building measures to enhance Palestinians’ lives, prompting Israeli officials to release a package that includes 120 million dollars in loans and 16,000 Israeli work licences for Palestinians
Due to Slow Registration,IDPS Registration in...
According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, Burkina Faso government authorities are taking weeks to register new internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled their villages due to terror attacks. Burkina Faso’s government is being urged by an aid group to accept assistance in registering newly displaced people
High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan’s Humanitarian...
Reporters taking photographs of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Prior of a High-Level Ministerial Meeting in Geneva on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
Afghan Refugees Face Dilemmas in America
Afghans can’t work or go to school in the United States.due to their evacuees status A special report
Mobile Schools For Underprivileged Children in...
In India, where some youngsters from underprivileged urban populations are unable to attend school, volunteer groups have developed novel ways to educate them