At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said, in one of the deadliest days yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war. There was new alarm as Israel’s military issued evacuation orders for areas of central Gaza, one of the…
Israeli troops opened fire Saturday toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a U.S.-, Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The two incidents occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. In other violence, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza…
The leading arm of the United Nations’ organization focused on trade and development, UNCTAD, said President Trump’s tariff policies are already creating new costs and disruptions in the global supply chain, and for less developed nations that trade with the U.S., the worst economic fallout hasn’t hit yet. “We already see a disruption in the…
Two American aid workers with the U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation were injured in southern Gaza in an attack at a food distribution site on Saturday. The organization claimed the attack was carried out by Hamas but did not provide further evidence. The GHF said assailants threw grenades at a distribution site in Khan…
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, speaking at an emergency session of the UN Security Council on Monday, strongly condemned the US military aggression on Iranian soil, saying Tehran reserves the complete and lawful right to defend itself under international law. In a fiery speech, Amir Saeid Iravani said today marks yet another “shameful…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres branded the US strikes on Iran as a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.” “There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and…
World Bank President Ajay Banga announced that the organisation will return to supporting nuclear energy after staying out of the sector for many years (Image credit: AFP) The World Bank is re-entering the nuclear energy space “for the first time in decades,” its President Ajay Banga said Wednesday, as it works towards meeting growing electricity…
NICE: A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown when nations meet to negotiate rules for deep-sea mining next month.But as a cacophony of ship foghorns sounded the close of the UN Ocean Conference in France, a lack of funding pledges and the…
U.N. climate talks end with more alarms and little action – CBS News Watch CBS News The United Nations climate talks ended Sunday in Madrid with more alarms and little action. Critics are accusing big polluters of blocking progress to tackle the crisis. Ian Lee reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Image credit: AP) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans “become the wild west”, at the start in France of a global summit on the seas.World leaders are attending the UN Ocean Conference in Nice as nations tussle over contentious…
