Top News Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/top-news/ Independent Online News Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:09:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://nepsnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-09-at-13.03.36-1-32x32.jpeg Top News Archives - NEPS News https://nepsnews.in/category/top-news/ 32 32 Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/toxic-air-threatens-childrens-lives-across-east-asia-and-the-pacific-unicef-warns/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/toxic-air-threatens-childrens-lives-across-east-asia-and-the-pacific-unicef-warns/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:09:19 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4710 By Vibhu Mishra
More than 100 children under the age of five die every day in East Asia and the Pacific due to air pollution, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in a new analysis released on Thursday, calling for urgent action to tackle the crisis.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/toxic-air-threatens-childrens-lives-across-east-asia-and-the-pacific-unicef-warns/feed/ 0 Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/fears-grow-for-health-of-social-media-influencer-arrested-on-live-tv-in-sierra-leone/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/fears-grow-for-health-of-social-media-influencer-arrested-on-live-tv-in-sierra-leone/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 08:01:04 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4703 Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail

Sarah Johnson

Fears are mounting over the mental and physical health of a social media influencer who has been in prison in Sierra Leone for more than a month after she was arrested on live television.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/fears-grow-for-health-of-social-media-influencer-arrested-on-live-tv-in-sierra-leone/feed/ 0 ‘This time, we stay’: the Palestinian families vowing not to leave Gaza https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/this-time-we-stay-the-palestinian-families-vowing-not-to-leave-gaza/ https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/this-time-we-stay-the-palestinian-families-vowing-not-to-leave-gaza/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2025 07:49:08 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4696 Defiant Gazans reject Trump’s resettlement plan after enduring 15 months of conflict

 in Gaza and  in Jerusalem

Saaed Salem’s eyes filled with tears as he surveyed the remains of his north Gaza neighbourhood on a freezing February morning.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2025/02/11/this-time-we-stay-the-palestinian-families-vowing-not-to-leave-gaza/feed/ 0 Guterres: Lebanon ceasefire deal ‘first ray of hope for peace’ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/guterres-lebanon-ceasefire-deal-first-ray-of-hope-for-peace/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/guterres-lebanon-ceasefire-deal-first-ray-of-hope-for-peace/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:48:57 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4672 The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon represents “the first ray of hope for peace” in the regional war “amidst the darkness of the last few months”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in Lisbon.

“It is a moment of great importance, especially for the civilians who were paying an enormous price for the fact that this conflict is not only dragging on, but is also gaining increasingly worrying dimensions,” he said.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/guterres-lebanon-ceasefire-deal-first-ray-of-hope-for-peace/feed/ 0 Colombia-led operation seizes world record 225 tonnes of cocaine, and uncovers new Australia trafficking route https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/colombia-led-operation-seizes-world-record-225-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-uncovers-new-australia-trafficking-route/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/colombia-led-operation-seizes-world-record-225-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-uncovers-new-australia-trafficking-route/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:45:25 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4664 Operation Orion, a cooperative operation between 62 countries, finds some of the record haul on a new drug route being used by a ‘narco submarine’

Luke Taylor in Bogotá

Colombian authorities working with dozens of other countries have seized 225 tonnes of cocaine in the space of six weeks, a global record for any single anti-narcotics operation, finding some of that haul on a “narco submarine” travelling on a new drug trafficking route to Australia.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/colombia-led-operation-seizes-world-record-225-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-uncovers-new-australia-trafficking-route/feed/ 0 Palestinians hail Netanyahu arrest warrant as landmark moment in fight against occupation https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/palestinians-hail-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-as-landmark-moment-in-fight-against-occupation/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/palestinians-hail-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-as-landmark-moment-in-fight-against-occupation/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:34:56 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4657 Charges against Israeli prime minister and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant mark first time western-affiliated leaders have been targeted for war crimes

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Netanyahu calls ICC’s arrest warrant ‘antisemitic’ – video

The international criminal court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the war in Gaza has been welcomed by Palestinians as a landmark moment in their decade-long fight to challenge the Israeli occupation through international institutions.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/28/palestinians-hail-netanyahu-arrest-warrant-as-landmark-moment-in-fight-against-occupation/feed/ 0 US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/us-cancels-1-1bn-of-somalias-debt-in-historic-financial-agreement/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/us-cancels-1-1bn-of-somalias-debt-in-historic-financial-agreement/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:59:03 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4647

Commitment by Mogadishu’s largest single lender is latest in series of deals to forgive ‘unsustainable’ $4.5bn debt

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/us-cancels-1-1bn-of-somalias-debt-in-historic-financial-agreement/feed/ 0 Displacement crisis reaches 123 million, amid ongoing conflicts https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/displacement-crisis-reaches-123-million-amid-ongoing-conflicts/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/displacement-crisis-reaches-123-million-amid-ongoing-conflicts/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:52:10 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4640

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for “urgent international support” as the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide reaches 123 million, with ongoing conflicts in Lebanon, Sudan and other areas driving further displacement.  

In a statement to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, Mr.

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/displacement-crisis-reaches-123-million-amid-ongoing-conflicts/feed/ 0 85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/85-per-cent-of-journalist-killings-go-unpunished/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/85-per-cent-of-journalist-killings-go-unpunished/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:45:51 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4632 Between 2006 and 2024, over 1,700 journalists have been killed around the world, and around 85 percent of the cases did not make it to court, according to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which falls on 2 November.… Read the rest

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]]> https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/07/85-per-cent-of-journalist-killings-go-unpunished/feed/ 0 Middle East crisis: Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/middle-east-crisis-gaza-polio-vaccine-campaign-under-fire/ https://nepsnews.in/2024/11/04/middle-east-crisis-gaza-polio-vaccine-campaign-under-fire/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:28:17 +0000 https://nepsnews.in/?p=4592

Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine campaign in besieged northern Gaza, Israeli forces continued airstrikes on Lebanon on Sunday and in Yemen, a new water project launched a “lifeline” for populations fleeing conflict, with updates from Syria.

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