The United Nations’ special envoy for Yemen has said he plans to invite the country’s warring factions to hold talks in the Swiss city of Geneva in September. Speaking before the UN’s Security Council, Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he hopes the meeting will allow the government and Houthi rebels[…]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United Nations “collapsed” when faced with Israeli security forces killing more than 60 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during protests earlier this week. Speaking on Wednesday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Erdogan described the UN as “finished” because of its lack of response[…]
Myanmar must carry out a “proper investigation” into alleged crimes against the country’s minority Rohingya population, Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations said. Karen Pierce called on Tuesday for the “root causes” of the crisis – which has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh as[…]
Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar on his first trip to the Southeast Asian nation, where tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have faced brutal military crackdown in the past three months. His trip comes as the Myanmar government is accused of “ethnically cleansing” its Rohingya Muslim minority, more than[…]
The South African Kashmiri Action Group held a mass protest action outside United Nation Offices in Pretoria to protest the lack of action to resolve the dispute of Kashmir. The 27th October each year marks the anniversary of India’s occupation of Kashmir, commonly referred to as Kashmir’s Black Day. Since[…]
The US and Israel announced on Thursday that the two countries would be withdrawing from the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee for “anti-Israel bias.” According to reports, the US made its announcement first, with the Trump administration officially notifying the organization that it would[…]
Condemnation of the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing being carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is growing around the world, with the Dalai Lama, the Pope, Nobel Laureates and world leaders from many countries calling for an end to hostilities. There is no easy way to end the[…]
US President Donald Trump’s highly-combative remarks against North Korea and its leader at the United Nations will only harden Pyongyang’s resolve to continue developing its nuclear programme, analysts have warned. Using what was described as “unprecedented” language, Trump made his debut address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday.[…]
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Hamas movement rejected statements made by US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley on Tuesday, who urged the United Nations to designate Hamas as a terrorist organization and placed full blame of the dire humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip on Hamas.[…]
Israel’s government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank – a move swiftly condemned as an obstacle to peace based on a two-state solution. The move late on Thursday – considered illegal under international law – was adopted less than[…]
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