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...
The Arab League has formally proposed deploying UN peacekeeping forces in Gaza and the West Bank until a two-state solution is achieved. The call, made during a summit in Bahrain, demands the UN Security Council set a timeline for the peace process. However, actual deployment faces hurdles, including Security Council approval and consent from ...
Port Sudan, Sudan — AFP Clashes reignited between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitaries earlier this week in the key Darfur town of El-Fasher, the United Nations has said, killing at least 27 people in one day. Eyewitnesses have reported air strikes, artillery fire and machine gun clashes battering the city since Friday, when an [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN said that it was disturbed by reports of illegal Israeli settlers storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem and raising an Israeli flag in the courtyards. “We’re aware of these reports, which are very disturbing as you know, we always have called for and continue to call for [&hel...
