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News Desk Gaza Strip: Hundreds of people evacuated Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on foot Saturday, an AFP journalist at the scene saw, after the hospital director said the Israeli army ordered the hospital emptied. The Hamas-run health…

APP United Nations: Lack of fuel is jeopardising 'the entire architecture of the humanitarian response' in Israel-blockaded Gaza, where raw sewage is now flowing in the streets, the head of UNRWA, the UN agency that assists Palestine…

News Desk Quetta: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has initiated a series of multi-hazard mock drills and exercises to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of Balochistan’s disaster management agencies to…

News Desk Islamabad: Pulmonologist Dr Javaid Khan recently revealed that approximately 7 percent of Pakistan's population is currently grappling with asthma, with a projected surge of 20 to 25 percent in the coming weeks. With an…

AFP/APP Paris: “We don’t know what a humanitarian pause means concretely. Unless safe areas are created on the battlefield, it’s impossible to work,” said Doctors Without Borders President Isabelle Defourny. Hospital staff are dealing…

AFP/APP Beijing: Beijing is the third most polluted major city on Earth on Wednesday, just ahead of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, stated IQAir– air quality monitoring firm. With tens of millions of people in northern China under severe…

News Desk Islamabad: Sidra Bukhari: “As another monsoon season adds to the anxiety of those still not recovered from the floods of the last year. We are fearful of what nature may have stored for us. The havoc caused by the previous…

News Desk United Nations: Extreme weather events, including large-scale floods, droughts and other effects of climate change, are on the rise throughout Asia and are likely to have an impact on food security and the continent’s…

News Desk United Nations: One life lost is one too many. We must undertake all efforts, including by developing transparent, safe, and predictable disembarkation mechanisms for people in distress at sea, while complying with…

News Desk Paris: Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union, Brazil, and a dozen other countries on Thursday and unveiled new features as it expanded access to its answer to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. The US tech giant…