Several members of the U.N. Security Council have condemned the U.S. for vetoing a fourth resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. China’s envoy Fu Cong expressed deep disappointment, accusing the U.S. of worsening the plight of Palestinians, pushing them “further into darkness and desperation.” He called for accountability, qu...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US administration plans to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to oppose Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. Israel Hayom newspaper, citing a US source close to the Biden administration, said the draft will state that Israel’s presence in the occupied West Ban...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a “de-escalation” of a recent surge in violence between Israel and Hezbollah. A unanimously adopted resolution said the council “decides to extend the ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria said Saturday it had requested an urgent open UN Security Council session next Tuesday to discuss an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Algeria’s request, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, for the emergency meeting comes “in response to the rec...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States is wary of a new UN resolution on Israel’s war on Gaza, its deputy ambassador said Wednesday as a draft seeks an immediate cease-fire. Algeria called an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday after an Israeli strike killed 45 people at a tent camp in […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The Arab world has welcomed the decision by Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognize a Palestine. Formal recognition of Palestine as a state by the three European countries will enter into force on May 28, 2024. The Saudi Foreign Ministry hailed the announcements by the three European countries as “positive.” Saudi […...
London, United Kingdom — AFP Amnesty International has said that the post-World War II order is on the “brink of collapse”, threatened by bitter conflict on multiple fronts as well as the unregulated rise of artificial intelligence. “Everything we’re witnessing over the last 12 months is indicating that the intern...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel has given preliminary approval to Cyprus for a maritime humanitarian corridor to ship aid to Gaza, the Israeli foreign ministry said Thursday. The proposal would allow badly needed international aid to be checked “with Israeli supervision” in Cyprus before delivery, it said. Last week the UN ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas denounced a UN Security Council resolution Friday that urged expanded humanitarian access but did not include a demand for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Hamas described the resolution as “an insufficient step” which “doesn’t meet the requirements of the catastrophic s...
LONDON (AA) – The British prime minister, who has been one of the staunchest supporters of Israel’s assault on Gaza and whose country abstained from voting in favour of a cease-fire resolution, has finally said “too many civilian lives have been lost” in Gaza. “It’s clear that too many civilian lives have be...
