Category: World

The military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces. Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of Myawaddy have now agreed to surrender. Most […]

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday prolonged by a year an independent international fact-finding mission investigating Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests that erupted in 2022. The United Nations’ top rights body extended the mission, and the mandate of the council’s special rapporteur on Iran, Javaid Rehman, with 24 votes in favor, eight against and […]

DOHA: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the response of his Israeli counterpart Ben­jamin Netanyahu to an air strike that killed seven aid workers was “insufficient” and “unacceptable”. “We are wait­ing for a much more detailed clarification of what the caus­es have been, bearing in mind that the Israeli government knew about the actions […]

Qatari PM confirms Gaza truce talks ongoing in Doha, while Hamas’s Haniyeh says Israel continues to “evade, resist” responding to group’s demands. Israel continues to block the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from bringing food and other aid into northern Gaza, the aid agency said. US Senator Schumer supports Gantz’s […]

ISLAMABAD: In a dire forecast unveiled on Tuesday, the World Bank cautioned that over 10 million additional individuals in Pakistan face the looming threat of descending into poverty. The apprehension stems from a sluggish economic growth rate of 1.8% coupled with soaring inflation at a staggering 26% for the current fiscal year. The Washington-based lender’s […]

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that alliance members must guarantee long-term weapon deliveries for Ukraine, as ministers discussed a proposal for a 100-billion-euro, five-year fund. “Ukraine has urgent needs,” Stoltenberg said as NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. “Any delay in providing support has consequences on the battlefield as we speak. So we need […]

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels this week to France and Belgium for wide-ranging talks that include discussion of the situations in Ukraine, Gaza and Haiti and trade talks with the European Union and Armenia. Blinken begins his trip in Paris, where the State Department says he will meet with President Emmanuel Macron about […]

Three United Nations observers and a translator have been wounded by shelling in Rmeish, southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission said. Lebanon’s state news agency reported that an Israeli drone strike was behind the explosion, but the Israeli military denied it was responsible. The UN mission, Unifil, said those hurt were receiving treatment and that […]

Judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel to take all the necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies arrive without delay to the Palestinian population in Gaza. The ICJ said the Palestinians in Gaza face worsening conditions of life, and famine and starvation are spreading. “The court observes […]

Russia and China veto US proposal that critics say fell short of demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza. The United Nations Security Council has failed to pass a United States draft resolution calling for, but not demanding, a ceasefire in Israel’s continuing war on Gaza after two permanent members chose to veto it. […]