ABUJA: The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, plans to commit $270 million to Nigeria’s humanitarian and poverty alleviation efforts and pledged to help set up an emergency operation center, its executives said on Wednesday. The government of President Bola Tinubu wants to lift 133 million citizens
LONDON: People smugglers are using UK tourist visas to enter Britain and travel onward to the EU via illegal crossings, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Through the illegal “back door” route, about 22 North African migrants — including Algerians, Moroccans and Tunisians — were captured
UNITED NATIONS: In a joint communication just made public, UN human rights experts and defenders have expressed serious concerns on the application of counter-terrorism laws in Indian Occupied Kashmir, saying they would lead to more human rights abuses in the disputed territory. The communication of 8
LONDON: The uncle of murdered UK schoolgirl Sara Sharif has claimed to police in Pakistan that the 10-year-old died from a broken neck after falling down a flight of stairs, Sky News reported. Imran Sharif is being questioned in custody over his brother’s suspected involvement in
WASHINGTON: India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources. Here's what's known about the presence of frozen
KABUL: The mission said in a report it had recorded at least 218 extrajudicial killings with links to the Taliban from their takeover of Afghanistan in mid-2021 up to June More than 200 members of Afghanistan’s former military, law enforcement and government have been killed since
ROME: Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue ship for 20 days after it disobeyed an order about where to disembark its passengers, the charity which operates the vessel said on Tuesday. The 14-metre ex-lifeboat Aurora picked up 72 people in distress in the central Mediterranean
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Rangers personnel, deployed along the international border with India, have apprehended six Indian smugglers inside Pakistani territory from July 29 to August 3, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Tuesday. "These smugglers/criminals were trying to smuggle narcotics, weapons and
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists, a US-based international watchdog body called on the Indian authorities to immediately unblock the website and social media accounts of the independent Kashmiri news outlet ,’The Kashmir Walla’, and to stop persecuting journalists. ‘The Kashmir Walla’ became inaccessible in
NEW DELHI: A news website based in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK) has shut its office in Srinagar following a fierce crackdown against press freedom in the occupied valley by the Indian government. The website and social media accounts of the portal, The Kashmir