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Experts Warn Gender-Based Violence Threatens Maternal Health in Pakistan —————————– Experts from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Pakistan (SOGP) have expressed deep concern over rising gender-based violence, particularly against female healthcare providers, urging urgent government action, Dawn E-Paper reported.…

Amnesty International urges Syria president to publish complete investigation on killings of Alawite civilians ——————————- Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa has been urged by Amnesty International to publish the full findings of a fact-finding committee investigating the targeted killings of Alawite…

Misbah Al-Hussain School in Afghanistan’s Herat Continues Educating Migrant and Orphaned Children …………………….. Misbah Al-Hussain School in the city of Herat, western Afghanistan, continues to provide educational services to hundreds of students from migrant families and orphans, amid complex humanitarian…

Pakistan: 5 health officials sent on judicial remand following death of 20 babies in Pakpattan hospital ——————— Five health officials have been sent on judicial remand following the deaths of 20 babies at the paediatric ward of Pakistan’s Pakpattan DHQ…

Kurdish PKK militants destroy weapons in Iraq to launch disarmament ————————————– Thirty PKK militants burned their weapons in northern Iraq on July 11, 2025, marking a symbolic step toward ending the decades-long insurgency against Turkey, Arab News reported. The disarmament…

Toxic “forever chemicals” above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested ——————————— Nearly all tested rivers, lakes, and ponds in England contain levels of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) exceeding proposed new safety limits, with 110 out of 117 water…

WMO Warns Sand and Dust Storms Intensifying, Affecting 330 Million Globally —————————— Sand and dust storms are escalating in frequency and intensity, impacting the health and livelihoods of approximately 330 million people annually across more than 150 countries, Anadolu Agency…

Cholera Outbreak Worsens in Democratic Republic of Congo Amid Dual Epidemics —————————— The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with a worsening cholera outbreak, with 1,601 confirmed cases reported across 17 of its 26 provinces, Anadolu Agency reported…

Novel Biological “Artificial Intelligence” System Could Make Impossible Medicines Real ————————————- Australian researchers at the University of Sydney have developed PROTEUS, a groundbreaking “biological artificial intelligence” system that accelerates directed evolution inside mammalian cells to create novel or enhanced molecules…

Turtles could hold secret to cancer prevention in humans ———————————– A new study led by Dr. Ylenia Chiari at the University of Nottingham reveals that cancer is extremely rare in turtles, affecting only about 1% of individuals—much lower than mammals…