UN resumes transporting aid from US-built pier in Gaza
NEW YORK: The United Nations has resumed transporting humanitarian aid arriving at a US-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip after deliveries were halted for two days because some…
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US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership
NEW YORK: The Security Council today blocked Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations due to a United States veto on a widely-supported resolution that would have…
Famine imminent in northern Gaza, says UN-backed report
NEW YORK: Famine is imminent and likely to occur by May in northern Gaza and could spread across the enclave by July, a UN-backed report said, after more than five months of war which have…
Afghanistan’s economy has ‘basically collapsed’: UN
NEW YORK: The Afghan economy and especially regions affected by the devastating earthquakes in October last year, “are still hurting”, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said, as…
MSF slams US on Gaza situation at UN
NEW YORK: The head of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) told the United Nations Security Council that medical teams in the Gaza Strip have come up with a new acronym: WCNSF…
Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns WHO chief
GENEVA: World Health Organization (WHO) chief warned that an “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate.
“Gaza has…
US vetoes third UNSC resolution for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war
NEW YORK: The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.…
US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire
NEW YORK: The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground…
UN demands immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza
NEW YORK: Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and US President Joe Biden told the…
UN appeals for $46bn to meet humanitarian needs in 2024
NEW YORK: The United Nations on Monday appealed for $46 billion in funding for 2024 to help millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the globe, including in the occupied…
UN chief invokes rare Article 99 on Gaza situation
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza.
The rare move by the secretary-general…
UN chief strongly condemns Gaza hospital attack
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Israel-Gaza war.
Speaking in Beijing just hours after the bombing…
Zelensky calls Russian troops murderers, outrage grows over ‘war crimes’
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian troops "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters" on Monday after dozens of bodies were found near Kyiv, triggering global outrage and…
Omicron risk remains ‘very high’: WHO
The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week.
Omicron is…
Collective determination’: US thanks Pakistan for hosting OIC summit on…
The United States on Wednesday thanked Pakistan for hosting an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit on Afghanistan, as the country faces a severe financial crunch due to…