Devastating attacks target Kabul university, at least 20 dead
Kabul University had been receiving threats for at least the last three years
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UN rights chief warns of possible war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The wilfiul killing of protected persons represents a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions, the international treaty which established the standards for humanitarian treatment during war time.
Saudi Arabia removes PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan from Pakistan’s map
According to media reports,Saudi Arabia released a 20 Riyal banknote to commemorate its presidency of organising the G-20 Summit ,and the world map displayed on the banknote does not show Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir as parts of Pakistan
Rohingya conference pledges to ‘remain steadfast’ in finding
The appeal comes more than three years after the orchestrated violence that erupted in Myanmar, across Rakhine state, which saw hundreds of thousands of mainly-Muslim Rohingya flee their homes, in search of safety across the border in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
No mercy for Baloch nationalists
The Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) stated that between 2002 and September 2018, at least 6,428 persons were forcibly abducted by security agencies
Fighting displaces thousands in southern Afghanistan
Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted on
Facebook to ban content that denies or distorts the Holocaust
The social media giant has long been criticized for not doing enough to disempower Holocaust deniers and other hate groups,
Ceasefire begins between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The decision for a ceasefire was agreed upon after eleven grueling hours of talks between Lavrov and his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts – Z.G. Mnatsakanyan and D.A. Bairamov.
The World Food Programme: a three-year experiment that became indispensable
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, but what is the World Food Programme all about?
WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The agency was recognized “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”.