Amnesty International has released its latest report on the state of human rights in 160 countries, warning that millions of people are subjected to grave human rights violation. The NGO accused the international community of not having done enough to protect civilians who have been killed, displaced, persecuted, abducted and tortured at the hands of […]
According to the study, recently published by Caritas Europa, one in four people in Italy is at the risk of poverty or social exclusion. Caritas Europa, an umbrella group for the national Catholic Caritas charities that run kitchens and shelters for homeless people, added that Italy is one of the seven EU countries suffering from […]
The United Nations main development programme spotlighted today its string of successes in 36 countries and territories in the Asia and Pacific region in the areas of poverty reduction, conservation of natural resources, democratic governance, and crisis resilience. Launched by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the Asia-Pacific Regional Report Achieving Development Results in Asia and […]
The UN Security Council condemned on Sunday a suicide bombing in Lebanon in the “strongest terms” after an attack on a cafe in the northern city of Tripoli killed nine and wounded 37. In the unanimous declaration, the Security Council’s 15 members said they were “outraged” by the attack Saturday claimed by the Syrian branch […]