According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 270 people including children and other non-combatants were killed during intense fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in and around the Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday, in the middle area of the war-torn enclave. More than 600 were reportedly injured with hospitals overwhelmed. Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin…
In a wide-ranging briefing to journalists in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini reiterated calls for a ceasefire and addressed misinformation targeting the agency, including claims that aid is being diverted. He said he has also received reports of UN schools being used “for military purposes”. Commitment in crisis During the briefing, Mr. Lazzarini said he had received reports that Gaza was under…
A US Navy sailor killed Osama bin Laden in a military operation in 2011. Photo: File Texas: The US Navy officer who claimed to have shot Osama bin Laden during the Abbottabad military operation was arrested on charges of drunken vandalism. According to American media, former US Navy officer Robert O’Neill was arrested in Texas…
The task of transferring a million barrels of oil from the stricken supertanker Yemen, will take some 19 days – preventing what would be the fifth largest spill in history, were the rusting tanker to break apart. But this process will not end with the oil transfer, because the FSO Safer will continue to pose…
The 19-day operation will pump more than one million barrels out of the rusting vessel, the Safer, which was abandoned over eight years ago, to a nearby replacement vessel. Secretary-General António Guterres said the UN has taken on the delicate operation as a spill would spell environmental catastrophe for the region. ‘Ticking time bomb’ “United…
File photo After two days of brutal attacks and bombings in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s major military operation ended. There are scenes of destruction everywhere in Jenin, destroyed buildings and vehicles, broken roads echoing the brutal actions of the Israeli forces. Israel bombarded and carried out drone strikes, bulldozed homes and caused destruction, leaving…
In a statement from his spokesperson on Monday, Mr. Guterres affirmed that all military operations must be conducted with full respect for international humanitarian law. The incursion follows another operation in the camp on 19 June, which left four Palestinians killed and 91 others injured. Rising death toll The UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday that…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, photo courtesy of Reuters Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Russian soldiers involved in the Ukraine operation. According to a foreign news agency, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Russian soldiers involved in the Ukraine operation after the attempted armed coup by the Wagner group on Saturday. According…
Those who killed innocent animals were caught, the American authorities launched an operation against those who tortured monkeys in various ways. A year-long investigation by the British Broadcasting Corporation uncovered a global racket stretching from Indonesia to the US, which broadcast the torture of monkeys live on social media. The racket began by creating and…
bill to: Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi, met the Chinese Ambassador to the capital, Wang Yu, at his office. According to Afghan media, a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Chinese ambassador said that China has maintained normal relations with Afghanistan and…
