NEW YORK (AA) – The UN Security Council’s Committee on the Admission of New Members was unable to reach a consensus on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the UN, the permanent mission of Malta to the UN told Anadolu on Thursday. “There was no consensus on a recommendation for membership,” said […]
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN Security Council’s president announced on Monday that the council had agreed to officially refer Palestine’s membership application to the “Committee on the Admission of New Members.” Speaking to the press after a closed-door session on Palestine’s membership bid, Malta’s UN en...
NEW YORK Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, told the General Assembly on Monday that the Palestinians had waited long enough and deserved membership of the UN. “I ask you: Does the UN membership want us to be their fellow member? Do you want us to be a fellow member of you […]
A report by a UN rapporteur says there are “reasonable grounds” indicating that Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza. Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on Palestine, has found Israel’s actions violating three of the five acts mentioned under the UN Genocide Convention. These are killing members of a group; ca...
Beijing, China — AFP China has welcomed the UN Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, urging swift “action” to halt fighting over the final weeks of Ramadan. After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time demanded an immediate cease-fire in Gaza after Israel’s forefron...
United Nations, United States – AFP Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a cease-fire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying it did not pressure Israel as Moscow accused Washington of a “hypocritical spectacle.” The United States, Israel’s main ally which has vetoed p...
United Nations, United States – AFP After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since ...
ANKARA (AA) — At least 92 Palestinians were killed and 130 others injured in last 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. “The Israeli occupation committed nine massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 92 martyrs and 130 injured during the past [&...
ANKARA (AA) — The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite a Security ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has soared to 31,272, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement added that 73,024 people have also been injured in the onslaught. “At least 88 people were killed and 135 others injured in […]
