TORONTO (AA) – The UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan said Tuesday that dialogue and engagement with the Taliban administration does not mean condoning its policies. “On the contrary: dialogue and engagement are how we are attempting to change these policies,” said Roza Otunbayeva at the Afghanistan session held at the UN Security Co...
ANKARA (AA) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pushed for UN reform, warning that conflict between great powers could be an “existential threat” for the entire world. “Often small countries, vast distances from major powers, have borne the brunt of a race for dominance, with legacies of those contests casting...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the Palestine cause and Israeli escalation in occupied territories. During the meeting held on the sidelines of 78th UN General Assembly session in New York, the Palestinian leader “reiterated the need fo...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned on Thursday about further negative effects of the Syrian migrant crisis in his country and urged the international community to produce a sustainable solution. Mikati’s remarks came during his speech in New York at the UN General Assembly 78th session, acc...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune invited the UN on Tuesday to convene a special session for the purpose of conducting a vote on granting full state membership to Palestine. Tebboune addressed regional and global issues, including the Palestinian cause, during his speech at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York Ci...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, was removed from the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York after he staged a protest against Iran’s president. A video clip circulated on social media showed UN security forces detaining the Israeli envoy and escorting him outside the UN hall. During Iranian Presiden...
NEW YORK (AA) – Levels of racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia have all climbed to a dangerous breaking point, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Tuesday. “Racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia, which spread like a virus especially in developed countries, have reached intolerable levels,” Erdogan said in his address at the ...
HAVANA, Cuba – A meeting of Group 77 countries and China, in the Cuban capital of Havana has called for international cooperation and multilateralism. The group, which now includes more than 130 countries, also called for an end to unilateralism and monopolies, whether military or digital. Recognizing the voice of the Global South, the summit ...
The way U.S. president could not hold a press interaction after bilateral interactions in India exposed hollowness of commitments adopted at G-20 summit By Muslim Network TV A day after the G-20 summit in New Delhi affirmed its commitment to religious respect, Muslim community in Maharashtra’s Satara district was reportedly attacked. The...
GENEVA (AA) – UN rights chief Volker Turk has said the recent attacks against the Noble Quran, the Muslim holy book, will be discussed in the UN Human Rights Council on October 6. Turk made these comments at the 54th Human Rights Council’s opening session in Geneva, which began with a moment of silence to […]
