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Ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months, according to data released on Tuesday by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners.
Some 1.6 billion people employed in the informal economy – or nearly half the global workforce – could see their livelihoods destroyed due to the continued decline in working hours brought on by lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday.
Zakaria Sawda, the governor of the northeastern province of Badakhshan, said around 400 foreign militants, mostly from neighboring Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, had joined the Taliban and were fighting Afghan security forces in the province.
Israelis are celebrating their Independence Day at home amid a nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus
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Since their creation as an instrument of external strategic influence in 1994, the Taliban have enjoyed safe havens, an operational infrastructure, diplomatic support, as well as medical treatment of their wounded fighters on foreign soil in our neighborhood—from where they continue to prosecute a terror campaign across Afghanistan.
ROME/NEW YORK, 29 April 2020 – As the COVID-19 crisis pushes up levels of hunger among
By IAR Desk The Ministers of Foreign Affairs /International Relations of the BRICS group of
Although the world economy may start to recover as more countries allow businesses to reopen, analysts say prospects for oil prices remains gloomy.
Brazzaville – Public health systems in Africa are coming under severe strain as the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic
From 1 January to 31 March 2020, UNAMA documented 417 child casualties and 168 women casualties.