Russia first proposed three amendments to the draft text but all were defeated, paving the way for a vote on the draft resolution. There were 11 votes in favour, none against, and four countries abstained: China, Russia, Algeria and Mozambique. The meeting follows an emergency briefing and consultations last week to address the growing threat…
More than 170 people have also been wounded according to Iranian officials at the scene. News reports citing local officials said that there were two explosions as thousands were walking along the route to a cemetery in Kerman which is the final resting place of Qassim Suleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike…
“I vehemently condemn this morning’s multi-front assault against Israeli towns and cities near the Gaza Strip and barrage of rockets reaching across central Israel by Hamas militants,” said Tor Wennesland, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Reports of hostages “These events have resulted in horrific scenes of violence and many Israeli…
At least 54 people were killed, and 83 injured, in the attack, which occurred in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. International media reported on Monday that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Speaking that day in New York, Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of…
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023. Earlier this week, the demand to release the President of Niger was voiced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Late on Wednesday, a group of Nigerien military officers made a television…
Over the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on grain and fertilizer exports. International media reported that at least one person was killed and more than 20 wounded in Sunday’s attack, which damaged significant cultural sites…
File photo Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the irresponsible actions of the Swedish authorities and repeatedly allowing some extremists to burn and desecrate copies of the Holy Quran. In a statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, it is said that this is an act of systematically inciting the feelings of…
In making its decision, Russia also withdrew safe passage guarantees for ships carrying grain and other foodstuffs navigating in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Over the past year, the Initiative has facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via three Black Sea ports, including Odesa….
“Israel’s airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years,” said António Guterres, referring to the two day long military assault in Jenin which began on Monday morning, involving the use of airstrikes, and missiles fired from drones. According to the Palestinian health ministry…
Photo courtesy: Al Jazeera. Pope Francis II, the spiritual leader of Catholic Christians around the world, has strongly condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. While giving an interview to the Arab media, Pope Francis described the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as an unacceptable act of blasphemy and said that…
