If a decision is made on expanding the UN Security Council, “then surely” India will be a contender, Chair of Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reforms on Thursday said. “The goal of this reformed Council must be representative. Obviously, India is a main player on the world stage today. But it [UN] is a membership … Read more
The rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Deir Billa, Lebanon is pictured on October 13, 2024. Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the U.N. to remove UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon immediately. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.N. Security Council expressed “strong concern” Monday (October 14, 2024) … Read more
Food and goods stalls are set up by vendors outside the burnt-out ruins of the UN agency, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) building (L), in the Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.N. Security Council on June 10 … Read more
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates – Iran‘s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi has long been seen as a protege to Iran’s supreme leader and a potential successor for his position within the country’s Shiite theocracy. News of his helicopter making what state media described as a “hard landing” on Sunday immediately brought new attention to the leader, … Read more
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels fired two missiles late Tuesday toward merchant ships travelling in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the US military said following a report by the British maritime security agency UKMTO. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations had initially reported explosions near a cargo ship sailing between the coasts of … Read more
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Security Council’s adoption of a new United Nations (UN) resolution to spur desperately needed aid to Gaza has been bogged down by two issues important to the United … Read more
Dr. Riyad Mansour (L), Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, listens as Gilad Erdan (R), Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, on November 10, 2023, at UN Headquarters in New York City. | Photo Credit: AFP The UN Security Council has called for … Read more
Chinese middlemen launder the proceeds of North Korean hackers’ cyber heists while Chinese ships deliver sanctioned North Korean goods to Chinese ports. Chinese companies help North Koreans workers – from cheap labourers to well-paid IT specialists – find work abroad. A Beijing art gallery even boasts of North Korean artists working 12-hour days in its … Read more
Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on reintegrating the area into the mainly Muslim country, Azerbaijan’s top diplomat told the UN Security Council on September 21. Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov reaffirmed Azerbaijan’s determination to guarantee … Read more
The UK on Monday announced new sanctions in response to “Russia’s attempts to destroy Ukrainian national identity,” targeting those involved in the “forced deportation” of children from Ukraine to Russian-controlled territory. Foreign minister James Cleverly announced the 14 sanctions ahead of a speech at the UN Security Council (UNSC) as part of a session on … Read more