The UN today denounced the deliberate destruction of hard-to-obtain advanced medical equipment in besieged hospitals and maternity wards in Gaza. The situation exacerbates the risks for women who already give birth in inhumane and unbelievable conditions. “Recent missions by the United Nations to 10 hospitals in Gaza revealed that many of them have been reduced … Read more
Iran “had no choice but to exercise its right to self-defense,” the Islamic Republic’s UN ambassador Amir Said Irawani said during an emergency meeting of the Security Council, called after the unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel . “The Security Council neglected its duty to maintain international peace and security” when it did not condemn the … Read more
The United Nations Security Council has convened and will hold an emergency meeting later in the day to discuss Iran’s attack on Israel, the presidency of the world body’s top body announced. According to a diplomatic source, the meeting is expected to take place around 16:00 (New York time; 23:00 Greek time). Earlier, Israel’s ambassador … Read more
Israel’s ambassador to the UN strongly rejected the Palestinian request to join the Organization, at the time when the Security Council was officially starting to consider this matter, the successful outcome of which is considered rather unlikely. “The Security Council is currently debating the recognition of a Palestinian state,” Gilad Erdan said from the floor … Read more
Russian MP Konstantin Zatulin and Senator Sergey Tsekov submitted to the State Duma a bill to repeal the decision to transfer the Crimean region from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954 d. The relevant bill has been published in the Duma’s electronic database, reports TASS. According to Article 1 of the draft federal … Read more
There is no more failed country in the world today than Haiti. Chaos, violence, rape, murder, kidnapping, political instability, natural disasters, epidemics. The 21st century has been very cruel to Haiti, as it was once called “Pearl of the Antilles” and in 1821 it was the first government of an independent state to recognize the … Read more
US President Joe Biden is set to announce to Congress tonight that he has ordered the US military to build a port in Gaza to bring more humanitarian aid by sea to the besieged Palestinian enclave, a senior official said. “Tonight, the president will announce in his State of the Union address that he has … Read more
The Israeli military today accused the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) of employing “more than 450 terrorists” from Hamas and other organizations in the Gaza Strip. “According to intelligence services, more than 450 terrorists belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, mainly Hamas, are also employed by UNRWA,” the Israeli armed forces said … Read more
Chaos reigns in Haiti – which has been declared since yesterday 4/3 in a state of emergency – after gangs raided prisons and the escape of thousands of prisoners. Schools and banks remained closed yesterday, the streets were barricaded by residents with stones, tree branches and other objects and the Police are visible everywhere in … Read more
The UN today called on the world to “flood” Gaza with aid to save starving children after visiting two hospitals for the first time since the war began in October. “Children are starting to die of hunger. This is not a danger warning like the others,” Jens Lerke, spokesman for the Office for the Coordination … Read more