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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

Ms Rachel Pledges $1 Million for Palestinian Children

Children’s content creator Rachel Accurso, known as Ms Rachel, has pledged $1 million to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, matching a donation announced by rapper Macklemore. Accurso, an ambassador for the organisation, urged wealthy celebrities to support children and human rights. Her pledge comes amid controversy over Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour following his pro-Palestine advocacy. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Israeli soldiers arrest 2 children during raids in and around Bethlehem

The Israeli military stormed the city of Bethlehem early this morning and arrested two Palestinian children, aged 14 and 15, Wafa has reported. Separately, Israeli forces raided four towns east of Bethlehem but did not arrest anyone. Children in the occupied West Bank are facing a sharp rise in settler pogroms and killings by Israeli forces, the UN has said. Youths are held in Israeli detention with no access to lawyers and no word sent to their parents, a separation that can amount to enforced disappearance. Read More…

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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in Business

UNICEF Warns of Growing Online Risks for Children

About 20 million internet-using children across 21 countries experienced sexual exploitation or abuse online within a year, UNICEF said Thursday. More than one in five surveyed children aged 12 to 17 reported at least one form of abuse. Most incidents occurred on social media, particularly Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, while online gaming accounted for a smaller share. UNICEF said the global number of affected children likely reaches tens of millions, highlighting the scale of the threat. Read More…

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Syeda Mubeena Hashmi Posted in World

Deadly Blast Strikes Northern India, Raising Safety Concerns

LUCKNOW: An explosion at a firecracker factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district killed at least 11 people, including eight children, police said Monday. The blast caused several nearby houses to collapse, reportedly killing residents aged between four and 13. Several others were injured, while the cause remained unclear. The incident highlights recurring industrial safety concerns in India, where poor compliance and weak enforcement have contributed to previous fatal accidents at fireworks facilities. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Children killed by Israel in Ansar ‘are not military infrastructure’: Lebanese PM Salam

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has condemned continued Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon and called them a matter of “utmost gravity”. Salam said escalations in the city of Nabatieh and villages including Ansar and Deir ez-Zahrani have been accompanied by intensive air strikes and shelling as well as “intimidation of residents in their homes”. “The seven martyrs of the Israeli air strike on the village of Ansar are not ‘military infrastructure’, nor are the children and women killed in it military targets,” he said. Read More…

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Celebratory gunfire injures nearly 100 across Karachi, claims one life

Independence Day celebrations turned deadly across Karachi as celebratory aerial firing left one woman dead and 94 others injured, including 17 children, rescue officials said on Friday. An Edhi Foundation spokesperson confirmed the injury toll had climbed to 94, with the wounded comprising 10 women, 17 children and 59 men. The woman's death, rescue sources said, occurred during the same wave of celebratory gunfire that swept the city. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in World

At least 53 Iranian civilians killed since fighting intensified in June

At least 53 people have been killed in US strikes on Iran since June 27, including three children. The Health Ministry said more than 590 others have been wounded in US attacks since the fighting flared and the Islamabad memorandum of understanding collapsed. At least 18 US soldiers have been killed and hundreds wounded since the war began in late February, according to US Central Command. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Amnesty urges war crimes probe into Israeli attacks on Lebanon that killed 24

Amnesty International has called for war crimes investigations into three Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon that killed 24 civilians, including 12 children, in March. The attacks hit homes in Tyre, Sidon and Nabatieh districts on March 6, 12 and 13, killing six women, including a pregnant one, and six men. At least 18 people were wounded. Amnesty said its investigation found grounds to conclude that Israeli forces violated international humanitarian law by striking civilians or civilian property, failing to distinguish between military and civilian targets, or failing to limit… Read More…

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40 dead after bus plunges into ravine in Balochistan's Zhob

At least 40 people, including women and children, were killed after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Zhob, Balochistan, following a suspected brake failure, officials said. According to police, the accident occurred in the Danasar area of Zhob after the bus reportedly suffered brake failure. Several passengers were killed and injured, with the wounded, including women and children, shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital for treatment. Read More…

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Alina Hashmi Posted in World

Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza today

Israeli attacks in southern and central Gaza today killed at least eight people, including two children, and wounded at least 20, according to health officials and emergency services. It was reported that three people were killed and several injured when an Israeli drone struck a group of civilians, according to Al-Aqsa Hospital. One of the victims was an eight-year-old. Gaza’s civil defence agency reported the killing of two people in an Israeli air raid on a tent in Khan Younis. Read More…

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