Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered
Bodies covered in white lay on the ground in a courtyard of the facility. A man in a baseball cap leaned over one body bag, clasping a dust-covered hand that …
Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General warns Israel not to continue with Rafah assault
Gaza: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the Israeli military against expanding its assault on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “The situation in Rafah is on a …
UN chief calls for int’l probe of mass graves in Gaza
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an internal investigation of the newly found mass graves in Gaza. “I am deeply alarmed by reports that mass graves have …
Killer robot arms race: AI faces its ‘Oppenheimer moment’
“This is the Oppenheimer Moment of our generation,” said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, referencing J. Robert Oppenheimer, who helped invent the atomic bomb in 1945 before going on to …
Israel yet to offer proof UN staff in Gaza have ties to Hamas, review finds
Israel has yet to provide evidence that workers for the United Nations relief agency in the Gaza Strip have widespread ties to terrorist groups, according to the results of an …
US stops UN from recognising a Palestinian state through membership
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognising a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the …
Sudan civil war: world donors pledge US$2.1 billion in aid to ward off famine
Members of Sudan’s civil society took part in the Paris meeting, but neither the Sudanese army nor its rival paramilitary were represented. Sudanese armed forces in Omdurman, Sudan. Photo: Reuters …
UN chief calls for ceasefire in aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel
UNited Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has condemned the “large-scale attack” launched on Israel by Iran. Mr Guterres, in a statement, urged maximum restraint by all parties and warned that neither …
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after Iran’s missile and drone attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his war cabinet on Sunday, but no decision has been made on how or when Israel could respond to the Iran attack, local …
UN chief calls for maximum restraint after Iran’s attack on Israel
Iranian ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani at UN headquarters in New York on Sunday. Photo: AFP “The Middle East is on the brink. The people of the region …