Thu 04 December 2025: Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, controlling and censoring mass media and the internet, blocked access to the US-based online gaming platform Roblox on Wednesday, the agency’s press service told reporters. The agency cited the persistent circulation of materials promoting or justifying extremist and terrorist activity, according to […]
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Thu 04 December 2025: The UN plans to cut nearly a fifth of its positions as unpaid member dues climb to $1.59 trillion. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN will cut its budget by 15.1 percent and reduce staff by 18.8 percent in 2026 as unpaid dues from member states climb to […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that 1.3 million people were infected with HIV in 2024, stressing a sharp stagnation in global prevention efforts as foreign aid cuts disrupt treatment, testing, and community-led programs worldwide. Marking World AIDS Day, the WHO said the global AIDS response has reached a […]
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A woman with a headscarf walks past an election campaign poster of the anti-immigration party Alternative fuer Deutschland AfD, in Marxloh, a suburb of Duisburg, Germany September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Wed 03 December 2025: A German court has ruled that a Muslim woman cannot serve as a judge or prosecutor if she refuses to […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Director-General Ghebreyesus mentioned that obesity, a chronic and recurring disease, leads to heart diseases, diabetes, and some types of cancer. He highlighted that in 2024, obesity was linked to 3.7 million deaths globally, placing significant pressure on health systems and economies. Ghebreyesus said, “In recent years, a class of drugs initially developed for diabetes […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Israel today is grappling not with the battlefield alone, but with a far subtler, far more consequential collapse: the evaporation of confidence among its own citizens. Recent data from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) paints a disquieting picture. According to the April 2025 survey, more than a quarter of Israelis — […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) president Maulana Mahmood Madani has sparked a nationwide debate with his sharp criticism of the Supreme Court, the central government, and what he described as a “systematic campaign” to target India’s Muslim community. Speaking at a JUH gathering in Bhopal, Madani accused constitutional institutions of failing minorities and […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: According to a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report released on Monday, international arms trade hit a record high in 2024, driven by governments’ rush to update military capabilities and ramp up weapons purchases in the face of persistent wars and escalating global rivalries. Revenues generated by the world’s 100 […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Drinking alcohol is known to be harmful to people’s health. It’s also known to be harmful in other ways. For example, men experience more harm such as aggression, accidents, and injury, from their own drinking than do women. But when a man drinks, the women and children closest to him often pay a price too. […]
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Sat 29 November 2025: Nearly 9,300 children under 5 in Gaza were diagnosed with severe acute malnutrition in October, UNICEF warned on Saturday, Anadolu reports. “High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather accelerating the spread of disease and increasing the […]
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