LONDON (AA) – UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has welcomed the UN Security Council’s adoption of a US draft resolution aimed at a comprehensive cease-fire in Gaza, calling it a crucial step towards ending Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. In a statement on X, Cameron emphasized the importance of the resolution in alleviating the p...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Eleven people working for the UN have been detained by the Yemeni Houthi group, the global body’s spokesman has confirmed. “I can confirm to you that the Houthi de-facto authorities have detained 11 United Nations national personnel working in Yemen,” said Stephane Dujarric at a news conference. ...
ANKARA (AA) – The opening ceremony of the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference had to be suspended for a while as two Free Palestine movement demonstrators took the stage to protest continuing Israeli attacks on Gaza. Climate talks in Bonn, Germany, were disrupted as the activists raised a Palestinian flag and a banner with the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union has decided to disburse €16 million ($17.3 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). “The Commission has today processed a second tranche of assistance of €25 million for the Palestinian Authority to contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions of Palestinian civil servants and dis...
GENEVA – AFP The humanitarian aid allowed into the Gaza Strip is not getting to people in need, the United Nations has said, urging Israel to fulfil its legal obligations. “The aid that is getting in is not getting to the people, and that’s a major problem,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN held a ceremonial tribute for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died earlier this month in a helicopter crash. “President Raisi led Iran at a challenging time for the country, the region and globally,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates at the UN General Assembly, where a minute o...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel again bombarded Gaza’s far-southern Rafah area on Tuesday despite a global storm of outrage over a strike that set ablaze a crowded tent city, killing 45 people according to Palestinian officials. The strike, which Gaza medics said also left hundreds of civilians with shrapnel and burn wo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian factions have urged the prompt and genuine implementation of the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decisions, stressing the need to avoid delays or obstructions that could absolve Israel of its responsibilities. The National and Islamic Forces Committee, which represents the majority of Palest...
UN human rights chief Volker Türk is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe if the Sudanese town of Al-Fashir comes under attack. The capital of North Darfur is currently facing escalating violence with arbitrary killings, village burnings, and a tightening siege cutting off aid and trade. The ongoing conflict between military and paramilitar...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Palestine’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour has said Israel’s war on “Gaza will haunt the conscience of the world long after this genocide stops.” Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, he demanded that the genocide “must stop now, now!” Although the worl...
