Huthi rebels fire on commercial ships in Red Sea: US military

Huthi rebels fire on commercial ships in Red Sea: US military

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

UN resolution on Gaza hampered by issues important to U.S.: Cessation of hostilities and aid monitors

UN resolution on Gaza hampered by issues important to U.S.: Cessation of hostilities and aid monitors

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

UNSC overcomes deadlock, adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses throughout Gaza to allow humanitarian access

UNSC overcomes deadlock, adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses throughout Gaza to allow humanitarian access

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

China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear programme. It’s also behind their failure

China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear programme. It’s also behind their failure

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 claims full control of breakaway region; holds initial talks with ethnic Armenians

Azerbaijan claims full control of breakaway region; holds initial talks with ethnic Armenians

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

UK sanctions Russians over ‘deportation of Ukraine children’

UK sanctions Russians over ‘deportation of Ukraine children’

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

South Africa grants Vladimir Putin, other Russian officials diplomatic immunity for BRICS summit

South Africa grants Vladimir Putin, other Russian officials diplomatic immunity for BRICS summit

South African government has granted diplomatic immunity to all international participants, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials, at BRICS-related events to be held in the country, local media reported. The immunities and privileges in terms of the United Nations Convention grant immunity from personal arrest or detention. A gazetted notice was issued … Read more

China objects to proposal by India to blacklist Pak-based Jaish-e Mohammed leader Abdul Rauf Azhar at UN

China objects to proposal by India to blacklist Pak-based Jaish-e Mohammed leader Abdul Rauf Azhar at UN

China has objected to a proposal by India to blacklist senior Pakistan-based Jaish-e Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar at the United Nations Security Council. Brother of JeM chief Masood Azhar, Abdul Rauf, born in 1974 in Pakistan, has been involved in planning and executing numerous terror strikes in India including the hijacking of Indian … Read more

Australian PM Anthony Albanese trip signals maturing of partnership

Australian PM Anthony Albanese trip signals maturing of partnership

Australian PM Anthony Albanese four-day trip from Wednesday is the first bilateral visit by Australian PM to India since Labour Party government was sworn-in in May 2022. The visit comes after series of high-level engagements and exchange of Ministerial visits between two sides in 2022 and in 2023. Recent engagements being Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s … Read more

Countries that use cross-border terror to serve narrow political purposes must be held accountable: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

Countries that use cross-border terror to serve narrow political purposes must be held accountable: Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

India’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj. File | Photo Credit: AP Countries that use cross-border terror for narrow political purposes must be held accountable, India has said in the UN Security Council, in a veiled reference to Pakistan, and underlined the need for nations to stand together against the common threat of terrorism … Read more