Representatives from 56 nations and organizations gathered in Washington on Thursday for the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. The conference, aimed at “strengthening the global nuclear security architecture,” is President Barack Obama’s fourth and final one.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that this election season’s anti-Muslim rhetoric was an “embarrassment” to the United States. In an interview to CBS News “Face the Nation” show, Mr Kerry said that such statements had baffled every overseas leader he met this season.
Saudi Arabia has expressed regret and sorrow for the current problems experienced by women in many parts of the world, mentioning the violation of Palestinian and Syrian women’s human rights and calling the “international community” to eradicate ‘such crimes and inhumane practices’ and to ‘hold accountable those who commit them’.
Five years of conflict in Syria has left much of the country in ruins and robbed millions of children of their childhood. Since the conflict began, 3.7 million Syrian children have been born, 2.9 million children inside Syria and at least 811,000 in neighbouring countries.
14 March 2016, the Telegraph reported that British journalist and television presenter Joan Bakewell had caused a media debate regarding the causes of anorexia and eating disorders.
On Tuesday, 8th March, it was announced that the European Union (EU) had reached an agreement with Turkey on a proposal to try to stem the flow of Syrian and other refugees into Europe.
It was reported in various Pakistani newspapers on 5th March, 2016 that two more children died of malnutrition in drought-hit Tharparkar on Friday morning, raising the death toll to 194 in 64 days. Doctors said that two children who were under treatment in Mithi Civil Hospital for many days have died. Dozens of children suffering from various disease caused by malnutrition are being treated in various hospitals of Thar.
