Saudi Arabia and Israel do not share official diplomatic ties, but the two countries have started to normalize relations in recent years, particularly in terms of Iranian foreign policy In the latest display of warming [ More … ]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep shock late Friday at the discovery of mass graves in Libyan territory recently liberated from forces commanded by putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar, and called for a transparent investigation. The [ More … ]
The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen where the health care system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations said on Friday, appealing for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating [ More … ]
In August 2015 Egypt enacted a sweeping anti-terror law that broadly defined terrorism as an act that disturbs public order with force. It was seen as part of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s sweeping crackdown on dissent, [ More … ]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the formation of a new government in Lebanon, stressing the international body’s commitment to supporting Beirut. “The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the formation of a new Government [ More … ]
Bezos’ security team has concluded his phone probably had been hacked with a tainted video sent from bin Salman’s, pictured, WhatsApp account. Organization to recommend both Saudi Arabia and US investigate claims against Mohammed bin [ More … ]
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another three years amid misconduct allegations and a cash shortfall triggered by a halt in US [ More … ]
Turkey’s maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Libya was sent to the United Nations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Dec. 7. Erdogan said the deal — already signed by the president — was ratified [ More … ]
The UN General Assembly yesterday officially asked Israel to leave the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. The request was made after the resolution was adopted after 91 UN member states voted in favor, nine rejected and [ More … ]
Egypt has faced strong criticism at a United Nations review of its rights record, with diplomats voicing alarm over detention conditions and shrinking freedoms in the country recently rocked by mass protests. The United States and other Western [ More … ]
Nearly 300 prisoners, including dozens of survivors from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a detention center earlier this month, were freed by the Houthis, the ICRC said on today. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have freed 290 [ More … ]
Head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council (ERC) Maha Azzam has written to the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Jeria urging her to publicly condemn the regional conference on torture which will be [ More … ]
Human rights activists on Thursday criticized a United Nations decision to hold a conference in Cairo on torture with an Egyptian state organization. “It’s illogical for a country where torture is systematic to host a [ More … ]
International donors at a Belgian conference pledged $7bn to help Syrian refugees, falling short of what the UN said it needed on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the country’s uprising. More than 370,000 [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
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