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In the presence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment no. 26 was formally launched in Southeast Asia today at an event hosted by the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok. The…

As a UNHCR team reportedly postponed its visit to district Khyber due to an alleged threat alert, Pakistan Government has announced its plan to deport registered Afghan immigrants as well after the forced repatriation of undocumented immigrants. Pakistan’s decision to…

Muslim job candidates in Korea face discrimination despite Korea’s efforts to bring in more international workforce and fight against labor shortage, a local outlet reported. The article mentions that Korean employers sometimes hold Muslim immigrants’ complexion, wearing hijab and observing…

Chairman of Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen (MWM) Pakistan, Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, has warned in his condemnation statement on social media platform X that the attempt to expel the Pakistani Hazara community from the country under the guise of evacuation…

The Norwegian Refugee Council has called for the inclusion of the issue of more than 3 million displaced people in Yemen in the next peace talks and the finding of permanent solutions for these numbers. The Council warned that Yemen…

Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands on fragile boats from west Africa this year, passing a previous record posted in 2006, regional authorities said on Sunday. Since Friday, 739 people have been rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off…

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Indonesia’s Timor island, causing panic and light damages to several buildings and houses, including the governor’s and mayor’s offices. Video circulating on social media showed residents in Kupang panicking as houses and buildings swayed…

The European Union Commission released a statement yesterday in response to a recent spike in anti-Semitism as well as hate speech and hate crimes against Muslims fueled by escalation of the war in Gaza. The statement emphasized that Jews, Muslims…

UN spokesperson said seven peacekeepers traveling in a convoy were injured in an attack on Friday, following an attack on Wednesday that injured eight. In both attacks, the peacekeepers’ vehicles hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Friday’s explosion marked the fourth…

More than 20 people were killed Sunday after shells hit a market in a suburb of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, VOA reported yesterday. It further mentioned that the shells hit the market in Omdurman during an intense exchange of fire…