Israel has launched airstrikes against targets throughout the Gaza Strip after the armed wing of the ruling group in the Palestinian territory launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel. The confrontation, which continued into Wednesday morning, is … Read More
Putrid water, tear gas has limited effectiveness, Israel says Palestinians appeal for UN help to save them from ‘massacre’ Israeli soldiers and snipers at the border east of Gaza City on May 15. Photographer: Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images Skunk water, … Read More
RUSSIAN UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia has pleaded with the United States to “refrain” from any military action it might be preparing against Syria over a the alleged chemical weapons attack. GETTY His comments came after the council failed to approve … Read More
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his … Read More
UNITED NATIONS — Just as the final North Korea Olympic athletes were arriving in Gangneung, South Korea for the Winter Olympics, Kim Jong Un’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho appealed to the U.N. chief on Thursday, to recognize Pyongyang’s “positive developments” … Read More
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is doubling down on its threat to cut off aid to the Palestinians if they fail to “sit down and negotiate peace,” even as it proceeds with contentious plans to move the U.S. embassy to … Read More
United Nations (CNN)US Ambassador Nikki Haley and Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia traded verbal jabs Tuesday over the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The two ambassadors gave back-to-back speeches at a hastily called meeting of the UN Security Council, … Read More
(CNN)The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a string of anti-government protests were over after six days of unrest. In comments to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Mohammad Ali Jafari said that only 15,000 people had turned out … Read More
The UN has approved a USD 286 million cut in its annual budget for the next year, a five per cent “historic reduction in spending” that the US said it had negotiated. The General Assembly on Sunday approved the regular … Read More