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A UK campaign urging parents to withhold smartphones from their children until at least age 14 has gained 100,000 signatures since its launch six months ago, The Guardian reported. The Smartphone Free Childhood initiative encourages parents to delay smartphone use…

A new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) warns that the Taliban have increasingly manipulated and restricted U.S.-funded humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, putting billions of dollars at risk of misuse, Afghan news outlet Amu reported. Since…

The United Nations has raised concerns over the growing threats of child trafficking and the misuse of neurotechnologies, urging immediate global action to address these issues. In a report to the Human Rights Council, Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, the UN…

Iranian authorities deported 8,000 undocumented migrants from Semnan province between March 2024 and March 2025, according to provincial governor Mohammad Javad Kolivand. Speaking at a meeting on migration management, Kolivand highlighted Iran’s new directive aimed at regulating employment and housing…

Measles cases in the European region more than doubled in 2024, reaching the highest level in over 25 years, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, Reuters reported. The surge is attributed to declining vaccination rates following the…

Russia’s Hmeimim air base in Syria is currently sheltering approximately 9,000 people fleeing from escalating sectarian violence, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Most of the displaced individuals are women and children. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human…

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on the text of a peace agreement, marking a major step toward ending nearly four decades of conflict, officials from both countries announced on Thursday. The agreement follows years of hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region…

A new report reveals that Islamophobic incidents in Australia have more than doubled in two years, with Muslim women facing the majority of attacks. The study also notes a sharp rise in cases after the Israel-Gaza conflict and warns that…

Amnesty International has urged Turkish authorities to reinstate healthcare access for Tabriz Saifi, a 29-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with diabetes and visual impairment, after his international protection application was rejected. Saifi lost access to essential medical care on February 28…

More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman risk deportation to Afghanistan after the U.S. canceled their scholarships under widespread cuts to foreign aid, NBC news reported today. The students, part of a USAID-funded program at Middle East College, were…