General Secretary of the National Press Club Syed Abdal Ahmed speaking at a press conference on week-long ‘Press Club Book Fair’ at the club on Saturday.

Govts should talk to IS to get aid access : UNICEF

Reuters, Geneva :Countries should negotiate with Islamic State to persuade it to let UN children’s agency UNICEF into areas the militants control, the aid organisation’s representative in Syria said on Friday.Other UN agencies say they are struggling to get vital aid to millions of civilians in territory held by the fighters – but Islamic State is refusing to talk to them.Negotiations should take place “at least to protect the children,” UNICEF’s Hanaa Singer told a news conference in Geneva.”They refuse...

14 Mar 2015, 12:00 am