Category: World

The United Nations General Assembly could vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full UN member and recommend that the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favorably.” It would effectively act as a global survey of how much support the Palestinians have for their bid, […]

Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed seven first responders was “an unlawful attack on civilians”, and urged Washington to suspend weapons sales to Israel. The Israel-Lebanon border area has witnessed near-daily exchanges between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah since the Palestinian militant group attacked southern Israel […]

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted early on Tuesday as India held the third phase of a massive general election, when seats in his home state Gujarat and 10 other regions will be decided. The world’s most populous nation began voting on April 19 in a seven-phase election in which nearly one billion people are eligible […]

 Israeli air strikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed 13 people and wounded many others, medics said on Monday. Hamas media outlets put the death toll at 15. In Gaza City, in the north of the strip, Israeli planes struck two houses, killing and wounding several people, health officials said. […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first stop in a broader trip to the Middle East, aimed at discussing with Arab partners post-war Gaza and to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the concrete and tangible steps US President Joe Biden demanded this month to improve […]

G7 ministers meet for environment and climate change talks in Turin on Monday, with experts urging the highly industrialised countries to use their political clout, wealth and technologies to end fossil fuel use. The Group of Seven meeting in the northern Italian city is the first big political session since the world pledged at the […]

Scotland’s Humza Yousaf is considering quitting as First Minister rather than face two confidence votes, UK media outlets reported late Sunday. Yousaf’s resignation was an option but a final decision had not yet been taken, BBC news reported citing a source close to the minister. Former Scottish National Party leader John Swinney has been approached […]

BANGKOK (Pakistan Post) – Between crumbling concrete blocks and sweeping tarmac highways, slivers of verdant “pocket parks” are sprouting in Thailand’s capital Bangkok. Residents of the sprawling city of 11 million often say they lack public green spaces, with greenery only available for the wealthy — something Governor Chadchart Sittipunt has pledged to change. Beguiled […]

Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukrainian power facilities on Saturday, hitting locations in the centre and west of the country, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, officials said. Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine […]

The Dutch government said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen its neutrality. The decision follows an investigation by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna released on Monday into whether some UNRWA employees were involved in the Oct 7 attack […]