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The World Meteorological Organization said Thursday that 2023 is the hottest year on record, and warned of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future, VOA reported. The U.N. weather agency also warned…

Representatives from 10 European countries and EU officials have urged law enforcement agencies to “spare no effort” to protect Muslims, amid hate crimes against them, The Guardian reported. In a statement, they highlighted the increased number of hate crimes against…

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday. At almost 4,000 square km, the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York…

According to health reports, large outbreaks of diseases that primarily kill children are spreading around the world, a grim legacy of disruptions to health systems during the Covid-19 pandemic that have left more than 60 million children without a single…

Dirty air killed more than half a million people in the EU in 2021, estimates show, and about half of the deaths could have been avoided by cutting pollution to the limits recommended by doctors. The researchers from the European…

The death toll from heavy rains and floods in Somalia has climbed to 96, the National Disaster Management Agency of the African nation announced Thursday, adding that over 2 million people have been affected. The heavy rainfall in Somalia is…

Dutch Muslims expressed shock on Thursday at the election win of far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has previously called for mosques and the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands. Wilders has long insulted Islam, describing it as a fascist…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed deep concern over Israel’s attacks on two UN-run schools in Gaza in the last 24 hours, stressing the inviolability of UN facilities. “Deeply shocked” by the death of sheltering civilians, Guterres emphasized the conflict…

The World Nonviolence Organization (Freemuslim), warned on Saturday of the serious decline in global security and peace due to ongoing wars and armed conflict in the world. The organization said in its message, released on the International Day of Tolerance,…

The richest 1% of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world’s poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published on Sunday, November 19, by the nonprofit Oxfam International. The…