- 18 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National Securityhumanitarian
Curtain Raiser Event for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, PANEX-21
A Curtain Raiser Event for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, PANEX-21, for the member nations of BIMSTEC countries, was held at Kothari Auditorium DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi on 07…
Islamic countries to meet on Afghanistan crisis on Dec. 19
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's foreign minister called on Saturday for a fresh effort to stop neighbouring Afghanistan sliding further into crisis as he announced an extraordinary…
Humanitarian situation worsening in Yemen’s Marib conflict zone -IOM
DUBAI (Reuters) - The number of displaced people in camps in Yemen's Marib province has risen nearly 10-fold since September, with over 45,000 people fleeing their homes as Houthi forces…
Displaced by war, Yemenis converge on Marib’s camps as frontline closes in
MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) - In his eighties, Mohammed Hadi al-Harmali has been uprooted four times by shifting frontlines during the seven years of Yemen's brutal civil war. Out of money…
North Korea calls U.N. rights investigator report ‘malicious slander’
SEOUL (Reuters) - A report this month by a United Nations rights investigator expressing concern about the human rights and humanitarian situation in North Korea is "malicious slander", a North…
U.S., Taliban had ‘productive’ talks on humanitarian aid – State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and the Taliban had "productive discussions" on the issue of humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan during meetings in Qatar over the weekend, State Department spokesperson Ned…
U.N. chief: Liquidity needed to stem Afghanistan economic, humanitarian crises
By Jonathan Landay (Reuters) - The international community must find ways to inject cash directly into Afghanistan’s economy to avert its total collapse as a growing humanitarian crisis impacts half…
British PM’s envoy meets Taliban in Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's special envoy met Taliban leaders in Afghanistan to discuss the humanitarian crisis and ways to prevent the country from becoming an incubator…
Donors pledge additional $600 million to avoid Yemen aid cuts
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Donors pledged an additional $600 million to tackle Yemen's humanitarian crisis on Wednesday, as the United Nations and other aid agencies warned that vital…
China’s Xi urges Afghanistan to stamp out terrorism, vows more aid
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's President Xi Jinping urged "relevant parties" in Afghanistan to eradicate terrorism and promised to provide more help to the war-torn nation, state news agency Xinhua said on…
Unfreeze Afghan assets abroad, neighbour Uzbekistan says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev urged other nations on Friday to unfreeze Afghanistan's assets kept in foreign banks to facilitate dialogue with the Taliban government in Kabul. Following the…
UN envoy meets new Afghan interior minister wanted by U.S.
By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy has met Afghanistan's new interior minister who was for years was one of the world's most wanted Islamist militants and is now…
