TEL AVIV: Preliminary results of Israel’s general elections have raised serious questions about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future, with his electoral alliance appearing unlikely to secure a simple majority in parliament. With 90 percent of the votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc appears to be falling short of a parliamentary majority, while opposition parties and Arab…
Video feed of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. 4:26 PM Resolution adopted The vote on the main resolution is as follows: For: 153 Against: 10 Abstaining: 23 The resolution has passed by a large majority, securing the needed two-thirds of members. Widespread applause rings out around the General Assembly Hall. 4:24 PM…
Out of 114 countries studied, none has achieved full gender parity, the report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed. Moreover, fewer than one per cent of women and girls globally live in a country with both high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap in areas such as health and…
