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Nakamitsu Izumi, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, has highlighted the importance of a declaration unanimously adopted by a panel on the illegal trade of small arms and light weapons. In a press release on Tuesday, Izumi…

Spain’s Ministry of the Interior revealed that hate crimes increased by 21.3% in 2023 compared to 2022. The Ministry’s data showed that security forces investigated 2,268 hate crimes. According to the data, 4 out of every 10 hate crimes involved…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will resolve their border disputes peacefully, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. During a meeting with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Guterres praised Kyrgyzstan’s successful border delimitation with Uzbekistan and expressed confidence that…

A joint report by the OECD and the UN’s food agency has found that cutting global food waste in half could have major environmental and humanitarian benefits, Arab News reported yesterday. Around a third of all food produced is currently…

Turkish Geological engineer, Osman Bektaş, has warned of the dire impact of global climate change on the Black Sea, Daily Sabah reported yesterday. Bektaş notes that the continuous warming of the Black Sea is causing significant changes, including a weakening…

No Uyghurs from China’s Xinjiang region participated in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday. This comes as a result of China’s restrictions on religious practices among Uyghurs. Over 1.8 million people participated in the Hajj this year,…

One in eight people is living with obesity, the World Health Organization (WHO) said as it outlined the numerous health risks associated with being obese. The health organization emphasized that “obesity can have detrimental effects on vital organs and systems…

A huge number of children in northern Nigeria are experiencing severe malnutrition, as reported by The Guardian, citing local aid workers. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Maiduguri, Nigeria has the highest number of food-insecure people globally,…

A new analysis, carried out by Amnesty International across 59 counties, has found that three out of five child and young human rights defenders face online harassment in connection with their activism. More than 1400 young activists participated in the…

Iraq has ranked 11th globally and 2nd in the Arab world among the countries most affected by terrorism, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2023. According to a statement by the Strategic Center for Human Rights, “Iraq is ranked second…