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New Hospital Approved for Construction in Southern Israel Amid Gaza War

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Israeli government on Thursday announced the approval of a new hospital to be built in the city of Be’er Sheva,...

Malaysia study visit helps enhance Public Employment Services across South-East Asia

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Participants visit PERKESO rehabilitation centre. © PERKESO KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ILO News) - A study-visit...

EU supports ILO and partners to empower community leaders to ensure safe migration of...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Community leaders from different church ministries in Visayas and Mindanao gather in Cebu for the pilot testing of the...

Military Rule and Russian Mercenaries in the Sahel

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com).  In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group’s Sahel...

Exiled Afghan journalist Ahmad Hanayesh shot in Pakistan

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York, April 4, 2024—Pakistani authorities must promptly investigate Wednesday’s shooting of exiled Afghan journalist Ahmad Hanayesh by two gunmen on...

National dialogue promotes quality employment and decent work

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Bangladesh’s new Labour and Employment State Minister, Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury addresses the national dialogue on 31 March ©...

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...

Balochistan Officials Empowered Against Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

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

Pakistan court remands journalist Asad Ali Toor in cybercrime case

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). New York, March 15, 2024—Pakistan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release independent journalist Asad Ali Toor, return his devices, and cease...

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...

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,...

IDF Eliminates Senior Hamas Operatives in Rafah Targeted Strike

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli security forces eliminated senior Hamas operatives in the Rafah region in Gaza, according to a statement on...

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,...

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...

Review highlights progress made and challenges facing Lao People’s Democratic Republic’s National Social Protection...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). ILO is continuing its support to the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic in its commitment to achieve universal social protection...

Susana Malcorra on women in diplomacy

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). In this video, Susana Malcorra, President of GWL Voices, former Foreign Minister of...

Three Sons of Hamas Chief Killed in Israeli Airstrike, Israel Says They Were Terrorists

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian terrorist...

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...

Elite Israel Soldier Killed in Gaza Laid to Rest in Moving Ceremony

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Friends, families, and strangers gathered in the Israel city of Modi’in on Sunday for an emotional funeral for Sgt. Maj. Alon...

Social Security: Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor

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Israeli Defense Minister Warns Terrorists Not to Make Ramadan a ‘Month of Jihad’ Amid...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wished Muslim worshipers a peaceful Ramadan, while issuing a stern warning to those looking to use...

IDF Nabs 14 Terrorists in West Bank During Overnight Raids

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the arrest of 14 wanted terrorists on Monday evening, adding to the nearly 3,600 who...

Antisemitism in Norway At Highest Levels Since WWII, Says Local Rabbi

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Antisemitism in Norway is at its highest level since World War II, the rabbi of the country’s capital city of Oslo...

Israel Foils Terror Cell Planning to Kill National Security Minister With RPG

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli security forces foiled what was described as terrorist infrastructure which planned to carry out attacks in Israel,...