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WHO urges funds to tackle global health crises

16 Jan 2025 FA News Desk

As the world is hitting with natural disasters and health crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for US$ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance Read More
Israel-Hamas sign hostage-ceasefire deal in Doha

16 Jan 2025 FA News Desk

After many months of intensive diplomacy by the United States, along with Egypt and Qatar, the ongoing 15 months of Israeli and Hamas War have come to an end. The negotiating teams form Israel and Hamas have signed a ceasefire Read More
Early Tuesday morning quake hits Nepal and surrounding areas

7 Jan 2025 FA News Desk

Quake claims 95 lives in China along over hundred injured, building damaged An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and several parts of Tibet Autonomous Region of China struck 90 km NE of Lobuche, Nepal at Read More
2024 is hottest year: WMO

31 Dec 2024 FA News Desk

The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record after an extended streak of exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) press release The WMO State of the Climate 2024 Read More
122 journalists, media workers killed in 2024: IFJ

31 Dec 2024 FA News Desk

One hundred and twenty-two journalists and media workers, including 14 women, have been killed in 2024, according to the annual Killed List released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 31 December. IFJ is the world's largest organisation of Read More
Hamas use UN-schools for terror activities: NYT news story

29 Dec 2024 FA News Desk

Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest taking more time to find out details of history with factual information and analyzed evidence. The New York Times published an investigative article Read More
Ex-US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100

29 Dec 2024 Soumendra Ranjit in New York

Former President of the United States of America Jimmy Carter died Sunday- December 29, 2024 afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia. The centenarian longest-living 39th American president Jimmy Carter was surrounded by family. He had turned 100 in October, a Read More
UNESCO asks names for Press Freedom Prize

29 Dec 2024 FA News Desk

UNESCO has announced the call for nominations for the 2025 edition of the prestigious UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Created in 1997, this annual award honors individuals, organizations, or institutions that have made remarkable contributions to defending and promoting Read More
Jeju Air, Azerbaijani planes crash, kill dozens

29 Dec 2024 FA Correspondent

All but two of the 181 people on board Jeju Air are believed to be killed on Sunday when a Boeing 737 plane went off the runway and slammed into a barrier at South Korea’s Muan International Airport. Firefighters say Read More
Free Italian journalist Cecilia Sala immediately:IFJ

28 Dec 2024 FA News Desk

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joining its hands with the Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (FNSI), has urged the Iranian authorities to release the Italian journalist Ms. Cecilia Sala immediately and unconditionally. IFJ stated that in a statement of the Read More