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Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oils were the highest on record last year even after falling for nine months in a row, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said, as Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and…

As the Taliban’s crackdown on journalists and media personnel continue in Afghanistan, numerous journalists in Paktia province on Friday criticized limited access to information and claimed that this has a negative influence on their operations as their basic rights to…

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) has expressed its strong condemnation of the racist violations committed by the Swedish authorities against Muslims residing on its lands, calling on it to abandon this policy, which lacks human standards. The organization said…

Mesbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development in the holy city of Karbala discussed with Iraqi experts mechanisms for achieving its great development project (Karbala Vision 2030 – 50 million pilgrims in the Arba’een Pilgrimage), at the headquarters of the…

The second-most-popular name for newborn boys in the Netherlands in 2022 was Muhammad, according to new figures, Anadolu Agency reports. According to data released by the Dutch Social Insurance Bank (SVB) on Thursday, the top name for newborn boys in…

Today, more children are in need of humanitarian assistance than at any time since World War II. Children around the world face an unprecedented crises — from conflict and displacement to outbreaks of infectious diseases and rising rates of malnutrition,…

The Syrian Network for Human Rights today released its monthly special report summarizing the human rights situation in Syria for the previous month, documenting the most notable human rights violations committed by the parties to the conflict and the dominant…

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck the Hindu Kush region in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing strong shaking in parts of the country, including the capital, Kabul, officials and witnesses said. The quake struck at a depth of…

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced the lifting of the ban on political rallies that her predecessor John Magufuli imposed in 2016 on the opposition. “I am here to announce that the ban on political gatherings has now been…

Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday in an appeal to governments everywhere. “At the start of this year – the 75th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights –…