- All 14 other members voted in favor of the resolution which "demands an immediate ceasefire" for Ramadan. The resolution calls...
"The bloodbath has continued for far too long," said Amar Bendjama, the representative of Algeria, the Arab bloc's current member of the Council and a sponsor of the resolution.
The United States had repeatedly blocked Security Council resolutions that put pressure on Israel but has increasingly shown frustration with its ally as civilian casualties mount.
- Singapore, Singapore--Singapore made the Israeli embassy in the city-state take down an "insensitive" social media post about the Palestinians over the...
Singapore's Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam said he asked Singapore's foreign ministry to tell the Israeli embassy to remove the post
The minister said the post was insensitive and inappropriate. and carried the risk of undermining our safety, security and harmony in Singapore
- In a telephone call between the two leaders, Macron also "strongly condemned" Israel's announcement Friday of the seizure of 800...
Macron told Netanyahu France would bring a draft resolution to the UNSC calling for a "lasting ceasefire"
Emmanuel Macron had talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II, discussing the "humanitarian situation in Gaza"
- Christian families from Gaza have found refuge inside the church with the memory of two women killed in December by...
Worshippers inside the church in their dress clothes lined the wooden pews decorated with palm fronds for the service marking the start of Easter week
Away from Gaza, Palestinian Christians marked Palm Sunday in Jerusalem with the fate of the people trapped by war weighing heavily upon them
- Last Friday, the Security Council voted on a draft submitted by the United States that called for an "immediate" ceasefire...
The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Sunday put the total death toll in the territory at 32,226, most of them women and children
Permanent Council member and key Israel backer the United States has unequivocally supported Israel's right to defend itself following Hamas's attacks
- Antonio Guterres repeated his call for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" to alleviate "the plight of Palestinian children, women and men...
He said the whole world recognises that it's past time to silence the guns in Gaza
The UN has repeatedly warned of famine in the Palestinian territory, particularly in the north
- RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Board of Directors of the Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) revealed on Sunday the launch of...
Nestled within Qiddiya City, just 40 minutes from Riyadh, this never-seen-before anime theme park is set to become a spectacle.
Inspired by the seven legendary Dragon Balls, visitors can navigate seven distinctively themed zones within the park.
- PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES – The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday that Israeli forces were besieging two hospitals in southern Gaza,...
Israel has mounted several raids at and near hospitals in Gaza since the war began last October.
The medical organization said a volunteer worker at the hospital was killed by Israeli gunfire early on Sunday.
- BEIJING, CHINA – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday called on China to implement "a comprehensive package of...
Chinese policymakers have so far resisted calls to juice the economy through massive government stimulus.
Authorities should boost "the spending power of individuals and families" by beefing up China's pension system, IMF said.
- After four years of drought, Iraqi farmer Mohammed Sami was about to abandon his father's parched land, but then a...
Last year the WFP's water management project helped more than 1,100 farmers "in areas most affected by climate change and drought," said Khansae Ghazi from the UN agency
The new irrigation systems "use 70 percent less water than traditional methods such as flooding" -- the vastly more wasteful method used for millennia





















