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At least 176 people, including 75 women, have died from draught-induced hunger in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a senior official. Regional Administrator Hadush Asemelash told Tigray TV that the deaths, which included 101…

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) concluded its work on Wednesday, after representatives of nearly 200 countries, in addition to the European Union, Dubai approved the “UAE Climate Agreement”, which features an ambitious climate action plan to limit long-term…

India’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to revoke special status for the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Ruling on Monday, the court also ordered the region to hold local elections by September 30 next year. The decision is…

The United Nations warned on Monday of a “gloomy” humanitarian situation in the world in 2024, due to the continuation of conflicts and climate conditions, calling for the need to raise about $46.4 billion to address its effects and repercussions…

On the International Human Rights Day, the World Shirazi Foundation warned of the consequences of the policies of greed, ambition, and racism, and the practices that follow from negative discrimination. These policies have contributed to and continue to create suffering…

At least three-fourths of Africans cannot afford a healthy diet, and a fifth are undernourished due to an “unprecedented food crisis,” United Nations agencies said in a report released Thursday with the African Union Commission. The continent’s 1.4 billion people…

After securing the support of other Eastern European countries, Azerbaijan is going to host next year’s climate change summit of the United Nations (COP 29). The hosts of the UN climate change summit are usually announced several years in advance,…

On the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, the International Non-Violence Organization ( Freemuslim) called on Saturday to intensify volunteer efforts that contribute to serving humanity. The organization said in a statement, received by Shia Waves Agency, that: “Humanitarian volunteer…

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned of the escalating threat to food security across East Africa due to persistent heavy rains. The UN body attributes the catastrophe to the extremes of climate change – from no…

European Union negotiators settled a deal Friday on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity. The…