North Korea has banned two popular dishes from being sold in restaurants because they are South Korean in origin, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.
Even though Vyacheslav Strazhets, a citizen of Vinnytsia, lost his right arm during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,but even as an amputee, he is doing what he can to help other soldiers fight the war.
According to a recent research, more people in America’s largest city are facing food insecurity as they gather around the dinner table for Thanksgiving. In New York, more people, especially those with jobs, are visiting local food pantries.
On its first day, thousands of Lebanese were returning to their homes in southern Lebanon as part of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah mediated by the United States. With the cease-fire, many Israelis hope that the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will also come to an end.
Prominent Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong, jailed after penning an open letter calling on President Xi Jinping to step down, has ended his hunger strike in prison, according to social media reports from people close to his family.
The population of Ukraine has been shrinking for the past 30 years, and officials say that the full-scale war with Russia has accelerated its decline.
Barbara Woodward,Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the Month of November, chairs the Security Council meeting on the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, would be effectively barred from operating in Gaza Strip by new Israeli laws, according to charity workers and families in Gaza. This could have a catastrophic impact for the 2 million people currently facing a year of violence and looming famine.
Religious tension surged in Muslim-majority Bangladesh after a Hindu religious leader was denied bail, with a prosecutor hacked to death amid huge protests against the minority leader’s arrest and sharp words between Dhaka and New Delhi.
Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on protection of civilians in armed conflict.