At the same time, a full six months since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel prompted an unprecedented Israeli military response, former residents of Khan Younis just north of Rafah are already returning to the shattered city – a move that aid teams cautioned against, given the absence of stockpiled supplies. “The planning is underway for…
That’s according to the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jamie McGoldrick, speaking in-depth to UN News exactly six months since hostilities began with the Hamas-led terror attack. He underlined that the entire UN aid effort is about saving lives “and nothing else.” The veteran humanitarian was speaking as the Israeli defence forces said…
“Two years on and a decade since Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the war in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe,” António Guterres said. “It is high time for peace – a just peace, based on the UN Charter, international law…
The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday in a tweet that its special forces had conducted what they called a “precise and limited operation” inside the Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, the largest functioning health facility in the region. In a tweet on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), expressed alarm…
Echoing renewed deep concerns by the UN’s top humanitarian official Martin Griffiths that an assault on Rafah “could lead to a slaughter”, the World Health Organization (WHO) also firmly rejected allegations of years-long collusion with non-health partners either in or underneath Gaza’s hospitals. ‘There is no collusion’ “We definitely cannot be louder in saying that no, there…
Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), warned that the fighting risked “further diminishing the prospects for a just and lasting solution”. “The approaching anniversary of the invasion is not only an occasion to recount the horrors of the past two years, but also a reminder…
Speaking with UN News one hour after fierce shelling sparked fires across the city, Mr. Rosenfeld said his “Kharkiv is a frontier city” concept is now being sketched out amid the rubble. “Seeing the whole city from the panoramic windows and the smoke from the fire, you understand that our city is proud of itself,…
File photo After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s military spending has increased to a record. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has stated in its research that Europe’s military spending has increased at a record pace in 2022. According to the study, Europe’s military spending has not seen such an increase since the Cold…
US Army Major General Matthew MacFarlane, who is stationed in Iraq, salutes the Secretary of Defense. 20 years of the US invasion of Iraq will be completed this month, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Baghdad today. He said in his tweet that I came here to confirm the strategic partnership between America…
7 countries, including Russia and Syria, opposed the resolution, Photo: File Vienna: In the condemnation resolution passed by a majority vote in the United Nations General Assembly, Russia has been asked to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and to establish a ceasefire. According to the World News Agency, 141 countries supported the condemnation resolution…
