United Nations, United States – AFP The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister has deplored inaction by the UN Security Council to stop “massacres” in Gaza by Israel. “The ongoing massacres being deliberately and systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel — the occupying power against the Palestinia...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Clashes erupted across the occupied West Bank between the Israeli army and Palestinians demonstrating against the attacks on Gaza. Eyewitnesses reported that clashes occurred at the entrance of Ramallah city, central to the West Bank, following a protest by Palestinians. The Israeli army employed live and rubbe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has expressed its “deep” disappointment over the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation. “China is deeply disappointed at the US blocking a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation,” said Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry. The Secu...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Thousands rallied across the Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a Gaza hospital strike. Angry crowds gathered after calls from Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Palestinian factions for mass mobilisation. “Death to America, death to Israel,” hundreds...
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN Security Council will convene an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. According to a statement from a UN spokesperson, the meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. (1400GMT) and will be conducted in an open debate format. A draft resolution from Brazil calling […]
Marrakesh, Morocco — AFP Israel’s war on Gaza has cast a shadow over the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Morocco, with warnings that it has darkened the outlook for an already sluggish global economy. The global lenders are holding their gathering, which brings together finance ministers and central bankers from around the world,...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief on Thursday called for immediate action against the rising incidents of the desecration of religious places and symbols worldwide. “Human Rights Council resolution 53/1 noted with deep concern the rising incidents of desecration of places of worship and religious symbols across the world, cal...
R21 vaccine expected to become available by middle of 2024, says head of UN’s public health agency GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday recommended a second vaccine against malaria to prevent risks for children. Two years after recommending the first vaccine RTS, S vaccine, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghe...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – AFP The president of the COP28 told an Abu Dhabi oil conference on Monday that the fossil fuel industry would play an essential role in addressing the climate crisis. “For too long, this industry has been viewed as part of the problem, that it’s not doing enough and in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 3,300 peacekeeping personnel serving in Mali have left the country as part of a gradual UN withdrawal plan, according to a statement Wednesday. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said 116 Senegalese peacekeepers were repatriated from Mopti Camp on Sept. 20. &...
