UNITED NATIONS: The World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has said that 20,000 drowning deaths every year in the European region are “entirely preventable”. Most recently, the catastrophic loss of hundreds of lives, including Pakistanis, in the capsizing of a fishing vessel off the
London: Putting a question mark over the facade of the so-called rules-based order as advocated by most of world’s biggest economies, people across Europe and the UK held protests against India’s plans to hold G20 meeting in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK). Responding to
Geneva: After an unusually acrimonious leadership battle, the International Organization for Migration holds an election to determine whether its current chief or one of his deputies should run the UN agency. The IOM's 175 member states face a choice between backing former Portuguese government minister Antonio
Helsinki: Finland’s much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor, Europe’s largest, began regular output early on Sunday, its operator said, boosting energy security in a region to which Russia has cut gas and power supplies. Nuclear power remains controversial in Europe, primarily due to safety concerns, and
Gujrat: When Muhammad Nadeem left home in eastern Pakistan, he asked his mother to pray for his safe passage to Europe then slipped away before she could object. Ali Hasnain showed off the new clothes he would wear as he prepared for the long journey west
Brussels: The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said. Almost half of the 2022 attempts were made over land through the Western Balkans
Rafah: Younis al-Shaer left Gaza dreaming of a better life in Europe, only to return to the Palestinian enclave in a coffin. The 21-year-old was one of scores of Palestinians risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. He drowned alongside seven other Gazans, whose bodies were returned
Washington: The meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be critical to help end the war in Ukraine and the continuing human rights violations resulting from the conflict.
Istanbul: Islamophobia in the United States of America (USA) and Europe has spread hatred against Muslims in other parts of the world, according to experts.
Copenhagen: Over 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather during 2022 so far, the World Health Organisation revealed. The three months from June-August were the hottest in Europe since records began, and the exceptionally high temperatures led to the worst drought the continent