The Sednaya Prison, infamously known to as “the human slaughterhouse,” was the destination of many Syrians seeking information about their missing loved ones following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Roya Mahboob, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Digital Citizen Fund, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
In Malawi, a new initiative is changing the lives of students and smallholder farmers. The U.N. World Food Program is promoting the Home-Grown School Feeding Program, which is bridging the gap between agriculture and public primary schools, improving student nutrition while providing farmers more economic power.
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria twelve years ago, but his family has received evidence that he is still alive. The overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government has renewed efforts to bring him home.
Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).
Myanmar’s junta is preparing to send migrant workers to Russia, following a request from the country as it faces shortages of foreign workers in agriculture and manufacturing amid its war with Ukraine, a Myanmar employment official said.
Damascus Residents are celebrating a rebel victory that quickly swept throughout Syria and ended a half-century of his family’s dominance over the weekend when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown and fled to Moscow.
Some citizens said that they hope the victory of the rebels would bring freedom and wealth in the wake of the fall of the Syrian government. The future is far from certain at this moment of international turmoil, analysts warn.
The goal of Zambia’s Total Control of the Epidemic effort is to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 through education and prevention.
A Tibetan Buddhist monk imprisoned for sending money for prayer offerings to be made to the Dalai Lama and the abbot of India’s Kirti Monastery has been released from jail but remains in poor health, according to two sources in Tibet familiar with the situation.