STUDY WARNS ONE THIRD OF UK FAMILY DOCTORS COULD LEAVE OVER BURNOUT

Sun 17 August 2025: Up to one-third of Britain’s family doctors, the backbone of the National Health Service (NHS), may consider leaving direct patient care within five years, mainly due to burnout and job dissatisfaction, according to a University of Manchester study on Tuesday. The research, published in Frontiers in Public Health and funded by […]

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CHATGPT CAN BYPASS SAFEGUARDS, GIVE HARMFUL ADVICE TO CHILDREN: STUDY

Sun 17 August 2025: US-based OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT’s lack of ethical safeguards poses serious risks to young people, a new report has found, as concerns mount over the safety of AI-powered chatbots. The British-American watchdog Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said in an Aug. 6 report that ChatGPT gave harmful information […]

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURGED AMID WAR IN DRC’S NORTH KIVU LAST YEAR: UN

Sun 17 August 2025: A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000. Healthcare providers in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) treated more than 17,000 victims of sexual violence over just five months last year, according to a United […]

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3 US STATES MOVE TO SEND NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO CAPITAL WASHINGTON

Sun 17 August 2025: Three Republican-led US states said Saturday that they would send hundreds of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as part of a federal effort to crack down on crime and homelessness. West Virginia announced plans to send 300-400 personnel to Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump deployed 800 members of […]

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SAUDI ARABIA LAUNCHES DIGITAL PROCESS FOR TRAVELLERS CARRYING CONTROLLED DRUGS

Sun 17 August 2025: Saudi Arabia has rolled out new guidelines that allow travelers to obtain online clearance permits for prescribed medications. The system is designed to support patients and enhance travel efficiency, while maintaining safety standards, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) stated as it released procedures to obtain clearance permit. The SFDA […]

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SAUDI ARABIA CANNOT NORMALISE RELATIONS WITH “WAR CRIMINAL”: FORMER SAUDI INTELLIGENCE CHIEF TO CNN

Sun 17 August 2025: Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal has said the kingdom cannot normalise relations with a war criminal obsessed with mass killings, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with CNN, he was asked about normalising ties with Israel. He replied: “How can anybody expect Saudi Arabia to normalise […]

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IDF PLANS MASS DISPLACEMENT OF GAZA RESIDENTS AS MILITARY OPERATIONS INTENSIFY: REPORT

Sat 16 August 2025: The Israeli military announced on Saturday that, starting Sunday, Gaza residents will receive tents and shelter supplies to facilitate their relocation from combat areas to designated “safe” zones in the southern part of the enclave, Reuters reported. This comes days after Israel said it intended to launch a new offensive to […]

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PALESTINE SOUNDS ALARM ABOUT ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ ISRAELI ASSAULT ON CHURCHES

Sat 16 August 2025: Palestine on Friday warned of an “unprecedented” Israeli assault on churches in the territory as part of a “systematic campaign to eradicate Christian presence,” Anadolu reports. The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to “an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land, led by a direct attack on […]

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