Month: September 2022

‘Comprehensive’ solution needed to end mass displacement of Rohingya

It’s been five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military…

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UNESCO chief calls for transforming education, with 244 million still out of school

The bell is ringing for the start of a new school year in many countries, but inequalities in access to…

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World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million COVID-19 deaths so far in 2022

There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that must lead to more…

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Visa refusal for UN human rights staff in Palestine part of wider ‘worrying trend’: Bachelet

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has deplored Israel’s refusal to grant visas for her staff in the occupied…

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Pakistan to receive Iran’s humanitarian aid

A 100-ton shipment containing the humanitarian aid of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) to the flood victims of Pakistan…

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