UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan said the practice raises concerns about rights violations, including the right to due process, as enshrined under a decades-old international treaty. Longstanding practice “The United States has for years been imposing sanctions on individuals and entities without national criminal jurisdiction and in the absence of universal jurisdiction,” she said. …
This is the first time the site has lost all power since November 2022 – but the sixth time that all off-site power has been cut since the Russian invasion last February – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, in a statement to agency directors. The agency said late on Thursday that power had been restored after 11 tense…
She was speaking during the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), in Doha, Qatar, where other participants stressed that graduation from LDC category must be sustainable and irreversible. Speakers argued that the appeal for continued and innovative financing and support measures “has fallen on deaf ears”, as the LDC5 held the last…
These forward-looking policy briefs are designed to feed into UN Member States’ consultations analysing how the multilateral system can be strengthened for tomorrow’s world, said UN chief António Guterres, unveiling the latest strategy documents, at UN Headquarters in New York. “The goal is simple”, he said, “to breathe new life into the multilateral system so that it can deliver on…
The FSO Safer has been moored off the west coast of Yemen for over three decades but has not been properly maintained since war erupted across the country in 2015 between Government forces, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels. The decrepit ship has been described as a “time bomb” because it could leak,…
The European Union has said that more than 4 million Ukrainian citizens of Ukraine can stay in Europe until the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. This was said by the European Union on the occasion of the release of the new ‘Temporary Asylum Directive’ regarding the granting of temporary asylum to Ukrainian citizens due to…
Egypt has announced the granting of citizenship to foreigners who make a non-refundable investment of two and a half million dollars. According to the official Al-Ahram newspaper, Prime Minister Mustafa Madabauli has decided that he will grant Egyptian citizenship to the applicants on 4 conditions. Following are the 4 conditions announced by the Egyptian government….
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media 81 missiles and 8 drones have been attacked by Russia today on Ukraine, Russia has launched missile attacks on 10 regions. The Ukrainian military says that Russia fired 81 missiles at Ukraine this morning, of which 34 were shot down. According to the Ukrainian army, Russia has also carried out…
Bihar: The inexperience and incompetence of the Indian Army has come to the fore, Indian soldiers fired a mortar shell at their own village during the exercises. According to Indian media reports, an army mortar shell fired at a target during a training session in Bihar’s Gaya district on Wednesday went beyond the firing range…
Governor Balkh Daud Muzmalki memorial photo courtesy of Twitter A heavy explosion has occurred in Afghanistan’s Balkh province, as a result of which 2 people including Balkh Governor Daud Muzamal have died. Afghan media say that the Balkh Police Command has confirmed the explosion near the provincial headquarters. Afghan media also say that the site…
