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Fri 13 September 2019: President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a French plan to allow a $15 billion (R218 billion) credit for Iran should it come back and comply with the Iran nuclear deal, according to US and foreign officials cited in a Daily Beast report. The plan was originally floated by French officials but was […]

Thu 12 September 2019: About 350,000 people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Yemen in 2019, the United Nations said today. In a tweet, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration said that the body’s Displacement Tracking Matrix covers more than 42,000 sites, to help understand the needs, numbers, locations and population conditions in […]

Wed 11 September 2019: Iran and Saudi Arabia have made a list of the most censored countries in the world, according to a report released by a journalism watchdog. The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) report on Tuesday revealed the world’s 10 most censored countries which restricts press freedom, including the existence of criminal law […]

Mon 09 September 2019: Malaria can be eradicated within a generation, global health experts have said. In a major report on Sunday, 41 specialists said a future free of malaria – one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases – can be achieved as early as 2050. This contradicted the conclusions last month of a […]

Fri 06 September 2019: One in three young people in 30 countries said they have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyberbullying and violence, a new poll said Wednesday. Speaking out anonymously through the youth engagement tool U-Report, almost three-quarters of young people also said […]

Thu 05 September 2019: On Wednesday, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced having to close 175 health facilities in Yemen in September due to lack of funding. In September, UNFPA will be forced to close 175 (65 per cent) out of 268 health facilities in Yemen, which the Fund is currently supporting by offering […]

Tue 03 September 2019: According to the new UN refugee agency (UNHCR) report,  Stepping Up, of 7.1 million refugee youngsters of school age, more than half do not attend lessons. The barriers that prevent them from accessing learning become harder to overcome as they get older, the report shows. Only six in 10 refugee children attend […]

Thu 29 August 2019: The Paris-based international organization, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has declared Iran as the largest prison in the world for female journalists. In its latest report published on August 26, RSF says “The Islamic Republic is now the world’s biggest jailer of women journalists, with a total of ten currently held.” Insisting that […]

Sun 25 August 2019: The event came days after Bangladesh with the help of the U.N. refugee agency attempted to start the repatriation of 3,450 Rohingya Muslims but none agreed to go back voluntarily. Myanmar had scheduled Aug. 22 for the beginning of the process but it failed for a second time after the first […]