The United States hinted, on Friday, at disagreement with Israel over how quickly to scale down the war in Gaza, with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of “intensive discussion” between the allies, Reuters reports. With intense ground fighting having expanded this month across the length of[…]
INTERNATIONAL A six-month truce in Yemen’s war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition expired on Sunday without being extended, the United Nations’ special envoy said, urging calm and adding that negotiations were continuing. Hans Grundberg said efforts to extend and expand the ceasefire for a further six months had not been successful ahead[…]
South Africa told visiting climate envoys from the United States, Britain, Germany and France that it needs major financial support to move away from coal, the environment department said on Wednesday. South Africa is the world’s 12th biggest carbon emitter, according to the Global Carbon Atlas, five places ahead of[…]
The United Nations envoy for Yemen has called for a transparent investigation into air strikes that killed at least 11 civilians in al-Jawf province, saying resurgent violence is complicating UN-led efforts to end the five-year war. Security is deteriorating anew as Yemen faces the coronavirus pandemic and what the UN[…]
The United Nations’ special Middle East envoy called on Israel to drop plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, joining a growing international chorus of opposition. Envoy Nickolay Mladenov also called on the Palestinians to resume talks with the so-called Quartet, comprised of the United States, Russia, the[…]
China has appointed its first special envoy to Syria, its foreign ministry said Tuesday, as the Asian nation seeks to increase its diplomatic footprint in the Middle East. China depends on the volatile region for its oil supplies but has long taken a back seat in its disputes, only recently[…]
The United Nations envoy for Syria has said government forces have dropped a large number of barrel bombs on Zabadani city, “causing unprecedented levels of destruction”. Staffan de Mistura cited local sources on Thursday, saying the air strikes caused many civilian deaths in the city, located about 45km northwest of[…]
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN special envoy to Yemen, has arrived in the country’s capital in a bid to arrange a pause in fighting until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 17, to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid. The visit by Ould Cheikh[…]
The UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed warned yesterday that the war-torn country is “one step away from famine” as 31 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance compared to just two million two years ago. The UN official told reporters in New York after briefing the[…]
Israel has blocked a visit to the Palestinian territories by a UN rights envoy, an official said Monday, just ahead of the publication of a United Nations report on last year’s Gaza war. It was the second time Makarim Wibisono, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied[…]
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