World

Port-au-Prince, 20 January, 2010 As Haiti’s overstretched hospitals struggle to cope with the immediate needs of survivors of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a response that equips […]

Following the arrest of 23-year-old Mr. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Christmas day, for allegedly attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight originating from Amsterdam and destined for Detroit, Michigan, some Nigerian airport-security operatives were […]

Washington, 6 June, 2009— It was unknowable on June 6, 1944, but much of the progress that defined the 20th century began when Allied forces stormed a slice of French beach only six miles long […]

Colombo, 24 March, 2009— Thousands of civilians escaped fighting in the north over the weekend, according to official sources, as the UN warned of deteriorating conditions for those still trapped in the combat zone. More […]

LASHKARGAH, 17 February, 2009— The closure of schools and continuing attacks on students in the southern Helmand Province forced Abdul Wakil’s parents to send him to a madrasa (Islamic school) in neighbouring Pakistan. Almost two […]

Dhaka, 19 November, 2008— Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child and maternal malnutrition in the world, say health experts. According to the State of the World’s Children (SOWC) Report 2008, issued by […]

Kabul, 6 October, 2008— Any increase in the flow of refugees from northwestern Pakistan into eastern parts of Afghanistan could lead to a humanitarian crisis unless international aid organisations deliver urgent assistance, a senior official […]

Cotabato, 1 October, 2008— Fighting between government troops and separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in the southern Philippines has intensified with the end of Ramadan, military officials told IRIN on 1 October. Gun […]