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IDF Asks That Kids Avoid Using Toy Explosives During Purim Celebrations to Protect Soldiers

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari released a video on Friday, shortly before Shabbat, calling on Israelis to avoid using toy...

Israeli Public at Risk of PTSD Due to Hamas War, New Study Finds

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to the ongoing war with the Hamas...

E-Newsletters of the ILO CO-Jakarta: February 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). E-Newsletters of the ILO CO-Jakarta: February 2024 Source of original article: Newsletters from ILO in Asia and the Pacific (www.ilo.org). The...

Israel Eliminates Head of Hamas’ Internal Security During Shifa Hospital Operation

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli security forces eliminated Hamas’ head of internal security in Gaza, during a counter-terrorism operation in the Al-Shifa...

Asia-Pacific off track on path to SDGs, UN data shows

Adopted by world leaders in 2015, the 17 Goals focus on ending extreme poverty and hunger, ensuring access to clean water and sanitation, and...

Myanmar jails filmmaker Shin Daewe for life for buying a drone

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Award-winning Myanmar documentary filmmaker Shin Daewe is serving a life sentence on charges of illegal possession of an unregistered drone, a...

UN Report Finds Hamas Committed Sexual Violence and Torture on Oct. 7

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hamas likely committed mass acts of gang-rape and torture against women during its massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7 and...

EU-ILO join forces to strengthen Agroforestry Value Chains in Timor-Leste

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The multi-stakeholder workshop on agroforestry value chains in Timor-Leste, under the EU’s Agroforestry Skills for Employment and Resilience Project. ©...

Israeli Student Trips to Poland Set to Continue Months After Cancellation Due to Gaza...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel’s Education Ministry has announced the resumption of student trips to Poland, where millions of Jews were murdered during the Holocaust,...

Discharged Soldiers to Receive Significant Discount On Land Purchases, Netanyahu Announces

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IDF soldiers leaving the war can qualify for land to build a home at a significant discount, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

ILO, GIZ partner to strengthen effectiveness and inclusivity of trade unions in Bangladesh

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). DHAKA (ILO News) - The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of...

Israelis, on the Frontlines and at Home, Hit the Ballots

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Tuesday finally marked the day of the Jewish state’s repeatedly-delayed municipal elections, initially planned for October but pushed back due to...

ငွေလိမ်ဂိုဏ်းများနှင့် အပစ်ရပ်မှုများ – အာဏာသိမ်းချိန်ကစ၍ တရုတ်-မြန်မာ ဆက်ဆံရေး

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). အကြောင်းအရာသစ်က ဘာလဲ - မကြာသေးမီက သံတမန်ရေးအရ ထိတွေ့မှုရှိသည့်တိုင် တရုတ်သည် စစ်ကောင်စီအပေါ် အာဏာသိမ်းမှုနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ သိပ်ကျေနပ်ပုံမပေါ်။ ထို့ကြောင့်ပင် တရုတ်က နှစ်နိုင်ငံအကြား...

‘Strong Chance’ of Hostage Deal, Israeli, US Officials Say

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The United States, Egypt, Qatar, and Israel are nearing an agreement on a deal that could temporarily halt hostilities in Gaza...

We all want an Afghanistan at peace, UN chief says in Doha

Speaking to journalists during a two-day meeting with regional and national special envoys for Afghanistan, António Guterres said that there was consensus among delegates...

Balochistan Officials Empowered Against Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). ISLAMABAD, Pakistan...

Israel’s War Against Hamas Ushers in New Era for Defense Technologies

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The “shock and horror” of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel and Israel’s ensuing war against the Palestinian terror group...

Mongolian dzud: Extreme weather puts 90% of country at ‘high risk’

About 190,000 herder households are struggling with inadequate feed, skyrocketing prices and heightened vulnerabilities, according to the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in...

Asia-Pacific partners revitalize collaboration to tackle child labour and forced labour in the region

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A worker mother and her child at her working place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. © Shutterstock BANGKOK (ILO...

Philippines joins the Global Accelerator aiming to expand jobs and social protection

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Construction workers in a high-rise building in the Philippines. © ILO/M. Fossat The Philippines is the latest country...

Bangladesh: Citing ‘dangerous decline’ of human rights, experts urge key reforms

The Human Rights Council-appointed experts’ call follows on from the election victory of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier this month, who secured a controversial...

Israeli Children Facing Mental Health Challenges Due to Hamas War, New Study Shows

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). A new study released by Israel’s Education Ministry highlights the growing mental health challenges facing students due to the ongoing war...

Israel to Honor Three Hostages Mistakenly Killed by IDF During Fierce Gaza Fighting

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Wednesday that the three hostages being held in Gaza by the Hamas terror group who...

Israel Recalls Negotiators From Qatar After Hamas Rejects Truce Deal

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Tuesday issued a statement after Hamas’ rejection of a truce proposal,...