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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 –…

At least eight countries in Europe are experiencing record high January temperatures, according to meteorologists. Climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, who studies extreme temperatures, has collated data from around Europe. His findings show that countries including Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and the…

Meta isn’t the only tech heavyweight making tools to help root out terrorist content. The Financial Times has learned Google’s Jigsaw is developing a free tool to help smaller websites detect and remove extremist material. The project, built with the…

China’s state-run bodies that oversee legally recognized religions are complicit in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violation of religious freedom by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says the latest report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The…

Oncologists from the Netherlands have discovered new glands within the human face which they’ve dubbed tubarial glands. The research is published in the peer reviewed journal Radiotherapy and Oncology. Seeking to learn more about cancer processes in the head and…