- The UN and other humanitarian actors have not yet declared a state of famine in Gaza, despite worsening conditions in...
"We have to look at what more and more voices, more and more loudly, are saying about the food security situation across the Gaza Strip, in particular in the north," said Laerke.
Laerke cited the near-total closure of commercial food imports, the "trickle of trucks" coming in with food aid, and the "massive access constraints" to moving around inside Gaza.
- Global condemnation flowed after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a...
Iran denounced "the barbaric attack by the Zionist regime", China said it was "shocked", and head of the Arab League said the "brutal" act showed "total contempt for human life".
Saudi Arabia strongly condemned what it called the "targeting" of unarmed civilians, while Kuwait and the UAE also issued condemnations.
- Paris, France--France wants an independent inquiry into the deaths of scores of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza...
French foreign minister said there will have to be an independent probe to determine what happened
The foreign minister said that France would not apply "double standards" to the Mideast conflict
- Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE and Russia have held talks to enhance the parliamentary cooperation between the two countries. In...
The meeting between the two addressed the role of parliamentary diplomacy in supporting efforts to promote security and peace in the region
The officials also discussed the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, to be held in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia, from 10th to 11th July, 2024
- Rocha additionally faces a lawsuit filed Thursday in Florida by the widow of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya. She alleges Rocha...
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, was held in December for what US officials called "one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the US government by a foreign agent
Rocha, a naturalized US citizen originally from Colombia, allegedly began aiding Havana as a covert agent of Cuba's General Directorate of Intelligence (DGI) in 1981
- ABU DHABI, UAE – World trade ministers were locked in disagreement Thursday on fisheries subsidies, agriculture and digital customs duties as...
The meeting opened with disagreements between the body's 164 member states on key issues that dominated the agenda of the talks.
They include fisheries subsidies, agriculture and a moratorium on customs duties for digital transactions.
- Iran announced the launch of a remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit from Russia, according to state media. The...
Iran’s Telecommunications minister said "Pars-I" was "fully domestically developed" in his country.
In August 2022, Russia launched Iran's remote-sensing Khayyam satellite into orbit from Kazakhstan.
- Arbil, Iraq - A Turkish drone strike in northwestern Iraq killed two members of a group affiliated to Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan...
The fighters were members of the Sinjar Resistance Units, a group founded among the district's Yazidi community in response to occupation by the IS group
There was no immediate word from the Turkish military, which has conducted deadly strikes against PKK targets in Iraq and neighboring Syria previously
- More than 750 others were injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians gathered at an aid distribution point in...
Earlier, the health ministry in Gaza said children have died "due to malnutrition, dehydration and widespread famine" at Al-Shifa hospital.
The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA described the food security situation as "extremely critical across Gaza, particularly in northern Gaza."





















