UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire after US abstains
United Nations/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat with its ally Israel. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, which was proposed by the 10 elected […]
Israel besieges two more Gaza hospitals, demands evacuations, Palestinians say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza’s main Al Shifa hospital. Israel says hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, where war has been raging for over […]
Battles rage around Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, Israel says 170 gunmen dead
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Fighting raged on Saturday around Gaza’s main hospital where Israel says it has so far killed more than 170 gunmen in an extensive raid, which the Palestinian Health Ministry says has also resulted in the deaths of five patients. The armed wing of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad said their fighters were […]
UN chief to visit Gaza border in new plea for truce
Cairo, Egypt Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Egypt’s border with Gaza on Saturday to renew pleas for a ceasefire that could bring relief to a territory devastated by more than five months of war between Israel and Hamas. His trip comes as Israel threatens to launch a major military operation in the […]
Haiti gang leader killed as transition council nears completion
Updated: 6pm (AEDT) Reuters Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to finalising a transition council to take over from an absent government. A police operation killed the head of the Delmas 95 gang, Ernst Julme, known as Ti Greg, […]
UN secretary-general alarmed by reports of Myanmar airstrikes
Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is alarmed by reports that military airstrikes in Myanmar, including on Monday in Minbya township, have killed and injured many civilians, a UN spokesman said. Myanmar has been convulsed by turmoil since the military seized power from an elected government in a 2021 coup. “The expansion of conflict in […]
Israel checks reports Hamas military number two killed in Gaza
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel was checking on Monday whether Hamas’s deputy military leader had been killed in an airstrike in Gaza, Israeli media said, as prospects faded of talks securing a ceasefire to coincide with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. If his death is confirmed, Marwan Issa will be the highest-ranking official from the […]
UN chief deplores “paralysis and deadlock” at global disarmament body
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the world’s top disarmament negotiating body on Monday it needed to make urgent reforms, accusing it of “paralysis” and failing to compel countries to cut weapons stockpiles. Addressing the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Guterres said its failure to fulfil its mandate had created an atmosphere […]
Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault
Doha, Qatar/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters The top US diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler on Monday in a visit that Palestinians hope will deliver a truce in Gaza before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, the border city where about half of the enclave’s population is sheltering. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Riyadh […]
Israeli PM says UN agency for Palestinians must close, Israeli warplanes strike Gaza
Jerusalem/Gaza/Doha, Qatar Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Wednesday for the closure of the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as his forces conducted more air strikes in Gaza amid diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the enclave. Israel has accused some UNRWA staff of involvement in the 7th October […]