UN
- Middle East
Fuel shortage in Yemen hampers migrants fleeing conflict
Nairobi: A fuel shortage in Yemen is hampering the movement of people fleeing the country’s escalating fighting and seeking safety across the Red Sea in Djibouti, with the UN migration agency warning…
- India
UN flags police abuse against Rohingya, Dalits, Muslims in India
Geneva: A United Nations committee on racial discrimination has flagged grave concern over the significant increase in police action and state-administered violence against Rohingya refugees, Bengali-speaking Muslims and Dalits in India. The…
- News
Afghanistan: UN flags new law that allows child marriage for girls
The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches…
