France seeks UN Security Council resolution for Gaza truce monitoring
United Nations Reuters France on Monday proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that seeks options for possible UN monitoring of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and proposals to help the Palestinian Authority assume responsibilities. “It’s an ambitious project. It will take time,” French UN Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere said of the text, […]
US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad
United Nations Reuters The United States warned on Thursday that it would push the UN Security Council to take action to get aid to starving people in Sudan, possibly by authorising cross-border deliveries from Chad, if the Sudanese armed forces do not restore full access. Ahead of the one year anniversary of the conflict in […]
Israeli strikes on Rafah raise fear ground assault could begin
Reuters Israel bombed at least four homes in Rafah on Wednesday, raising new fear among the more than a million Palestinians sheltering in the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip that a long-threatened ground assault could be coming. One of the airstrikes killed 11 people from a single family, health officials […]
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 […]
US, Japan urge nations not to deploy nuclear weapons in orbit
Washington DC, US Reuters The United States and Japan on Monday proposed a UN Security Council resolution stressing that nations should comply with a treaty that bars putting nuclear weapons in space, a message that appeared aimed at Russia. Washington believes Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon whose detonation could cause havoc by […]
Sudan’s RSF paramilitaries welcome UN call for cessation of hostilities in Ramadan
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on Saturday welcomed a call by the United Nations Security Council for a cessation of hostilities in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, offering a potential respite from the 11-month-old conflict. Ramadan is expected to start on Sunday evening. In a statement, the RSF expressed […]
As UN urges Sudan truce, Russia and China cite Gaza
United Nations Reuters The United Nations Security Council on Friday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan, prompting China to remind it not to forget about the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Russia to accuse the United States of double standards. Russia abstained, while the remaining 14 council members voted in favor of […]
UN Security Council considering call for Ramadan truce in Sudan
United Nations Reuters The United Nations Security Council is considering calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities ahead of Ramadan in the nearly year-long war between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, diplomats said. The 15-member council is negotiating a British-drafted resolution that diplomats said could be put to a vote on Friday. […]
Biden says US military to airdrop food and supplies into Gaza
Washington, US Reuters US President Joe Biden announced on Friday plans to carry out a first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, a day after the deaths of Palestinians queuing for aid threw a spotlight on an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal enclave. Biden said the US airdrop would take place […]
One quarter of Gaza’s people one step away from famine, UN says
United Nations Reuters At least 576,000 people in the Gaza Strip – one quarter of the population – are one step away from famine, a senior UN aid official told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that widespread famine could be “almost inevitable” without action. “Very little will be possible while hostilities continue and while […]