UN chief ‘deeply distressed’ by Israeli siege of Gaza

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the Hamas attack against Israel but said he was "deeply distressed" by the country's subsequent imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities," Guterres told reporters. "Now it will only deteriorate exponentially." Earlier

Canada and Netherlands take Syria to top UN court

The Netherlands and Canada are taking Syria's government to the United Nations' highest court on Tuesday, accusing Damascus of massive human rights violations against its own people. "Since 2011, Syrians have been tortured, murdered, sexually assaulted, forcibly disappeared and subjected to chemical weapon attacks on a mass scale," the Netherlands and

Israel strikes downtown Gaza as war enters 4th day

Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas' centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel's prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would "reverberate for generations." The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in the

a2i’s NISE, Muktopaath win WITSA Award

'National Intelligence Employment and Entrepreneurship (NISE)' and 'Muktopaath' - two innovative initiatives of Aspire to Innovate (a2i) have won the 'WITSA 2023 Global Innovation and Technology Excellence Awards'. The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) conferred the awards in recognition of remarkable contribution to the skills development and education of