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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,...

Japan: Safeguarding a mother tongue and mother nature

Even though both Nami and Tomoyuki were born on Okinoerabu Island (currently home to only 12,000 inhabitants), neither learned to speak Shimamuni – a...

Pacific Tripartite High-Level Dialogue on Decent Work and the 2050 Strategy for the Blue...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). SUVA, Fiji (ILO News) – Labour-related challenges and opportunities in the Pacific region will be discussed at the...

Israeli Government Approves Increased Payments to Returned Gaza Hostages

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israel on Friday approved an amendment to a law providing payments to returned hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on...

Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai

Mr. Lai is the founder of the campaigning pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, which was shut down in 2021 in the wake of the June...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Terrorist Arrested for Attaching IED to Palestinian Flag in Attack

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency (ISA) forces have made a breakthrough in the...

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...

Thailand and International Labour Organization agree work priorities thru 2027

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Signing and launching the Thailand DWCP 2023-27, on 28 February 2024, in Bangkok. @ILO BANGKOK, Thailand (ILO News)...