Around 3,50,000 children are trapped in western Mosul, and these children have to be saved as Iraqi forces launched a fresh offensive on jihadists defending the strategic city.
Iraqi forces and their allies, including the U.S. and U.K. must do everything in their power to protect children and their families from harm, and avoid civilian buildings like schools and hospitals as they push deeper into the city.
Syrian Opposition Ready for Geneva Peace Talks
The Syrian opposition is fully committed to peace talks in Geneva which would need to pave the way for a political transition.
As per Syrian National Coalition president Anas al-Abdah, he cannot address the profound security threats... while Assad remains in power.
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo ship from historic NASA launchpad.
The mission was the first to take off from NASA`s historic launchpad 39A, the origin of the pioneering US spaceflights that took astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the space shuttle missions that ran from 1981 to 2011.
It is the 10th such resupply mission for SpaceX, which along with Orbital ATK has a multi-year contract with NASA to send supplies to the International Space Station.
Shahid Afridi, one of the best all-rounders in cricket, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
He had already quit Tests in 2010 and ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup, was the skipper of the T20I team for ICC World Twenty20 played in India in 2016.