File photo After the destruction of the Russian space mission sent to the moon, the health of the Russian scientist and astronomer deteriorated. According to foreign media, on Saturday, the space mission sent by Russia to the moon crashed on the moon, and a few hours later, the Russian scientist’s condition worsened and he had…
The truce with the ELN, the Spanish acronym for National Liberation Army, comes into effect on Thursday and will last for 180 days, according to media reports. The development follows nearly 10 months of negotiations and is part of the “total peace” policy of President Gustavo Petro, who took office last August. More international observers…
Security Council members reiterated strong support for the full withdrawal of the decade-old UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and the transfer of security responsibilities to the country’s transitional Government, which has been in power since a coup in 2021. Commending the peacekeeping operation and its staff, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for the…
UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by Taliban edicts from working. “We will not put our national staff in danger and therefore we are asking them not to report to the office”…
“Now is not the time to take our eyes off the ball in South Sudan,” said Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN mission in the country (UNMISS). “What we can learn from Sudan is how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.” On the political front, the Sudan crisis is reducing “much-needed bandwidth” to focus on…
“This is obviously an important time for the mission, coinciding with discussions on the renewal of its mandate, and also for Mali, which continues to face complex security and other forms of challenges,” Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane told ambassadors. The long-awaited vote on Sunday marks the first phase towards presidential elections next year following a…
Walker Perthes, file photo Sudan has described the head of the United Nations mission, Walker Perthes, as an undesirable figure. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan has informed the Secretary General of the United Nations about declaring Walker Perthes as persona non grata. The head of the Sudanese military council, Abdul Fateh al-Barhan, has…
SpaceX’s historic space mission has taken off with 4 astronauts, including a male and female Saudi astronaut, to the International Space Station. According to Arab media, these 4 astronauts include 2 women and 2 men. Reana Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher from Saudi Arabia, has embarked on a space mission with her Saudi partner, Ali…
File photo SpaceX’s private mission will depart for the International Space Station today. According to the American media, 4 people including a Saudi woman are included in the private space mission. Stem cell researcher Rayana Barnawi will be the first Saudi woman to travel in space US media say the private space mission will spend…
UN Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission, Caroline Ziadeh, told ambassadors that the most recent Secretary-General’s report on developments in Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but is not recognized by Serbia, “included serious challenges as well as an important collective effort to bring Belgrade-Pristina relations nearer to stability and normalisation.”…
