The meeting on the situation in Somalia is chaired by Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of March
Malaysia’s health ministry has proposed a major initiative to encourage young people not to smoke. It’s a bold proposal, but it has weaknesses, according to critics.Dave Grunebaum reports VOA NEWS
As millions of Ukrainians flee their homes, many are trapped in the crossfire of an unwarranted war, people all across the world have shown their solidarity. In Guatemala, one Ukrainian woman has organised the online community to assist Ukrainians
“We have to save our child’s life,” Ihor says as they wait for a bus to transport them from Lviv, in western Ukraine, to Poland for critical cancer treatment. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, this was the seventh convoy of children with cancer to depart the country
Armed groups linked to al-Qaida have expanded attacks into neighboring Ivory Coast from Burkina Faso. 13 cross-border attacks in the last year, according to Ivory Coast authorities, have prompted measures to prevent terrorists from recruiting jobless youth
Uyghur woman who escaped from a hospital in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region to avoid a forced abortion in 2014 has died in prison, a Uyghur who lives in exile and a village police officer said
Refugees from Ukraine continue to pour into Poland. Many people are crossing the border and living in camps before boarding buses or trains to travel to other places. Volunteers assist them with basic necessities at the camps and stations
Poland is seeing an inflow of refugees at its border as more people fled Ukraine to neighbouring nations to escape the conflict. A Ukrainian-Ghanaian family is among those who have been relocated
The Ukrainian owners of an Eastern European restaurant in Hong Kong have started selling snacks and dishes from their hometowns to fund their country’s humanitarian efforts after the Russian invasion, they told RFA’s Cantonese Service
The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has prompted several professional athletes to speak out in favour of their country. For many, though, simply speaking up is enough