Davos25: Working in silos can’t resolve systemic issues, says Catalyst Now’s Galtung
Davos, Switzerland -- Some of the biggest problems in the world today are systemic problems, which cannot be resolved with...Geostrategy
UNRWA: Reconstructing Gaza Strip exceeds agency’s capabilities due to severe damage
Gaza, Palestine - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), confirmed today that the reconstruction process...Geostrategy
Turkey’s court rules Kurdish politician to stay in jail
Turkey’s top court has rejected a plea for the release of Aysel Tugluk, a Kurdish politician, but ordered that she...Many of her supporters believe she developed dementia after witnessing Turkish nationalists attack her mother's funeral in Ankara in 2017
Tugluk was arrested for her activities with the Democratic Society Congress (DTK), an organization that Turkish authorities consider to be linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party
Iran hints it may accept compromise on nuclear deal
Iran may accept the final compromise worked out in Vienna to save the 2015 nuclear agreement, its official news agency...The deal meant to curb Iran's nuclear programme has been moribund since the withdrawal of the United States under president Donald Trump in 2018.
The major powers are awaiting Tehran's response to a proposal submitted on July 26 by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Iran seeks to commission three more Khayyam satellites
Iran plans to commission three more versions of a satellite launched this week by Russia, Tehran's government spokesman said Friday....A Soyuz-2.1b rocket sent the satellite into orbit from the Moscow-controlled Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Khayyam, apparently named after the 11th-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, will not be the first Iranian satellite that Russia has put into space.
US continues mediation in Lebanon-Israel maritime border dispute
“Progress towards a resolution can only be reached through negotiation by the two governments,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said.“Progress towards a resolution can only be reached through negotiation by the two governments,” State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said
Lebanon and Israel are located in the Levant Basin, where a number of big sub-sea gas fields have been discovered since 2009
UN watchdog warns of ‘grave’ crisis amid violence near Ukraine nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of "nuclear blackmail" as he urged the international community to react immediately to chase...Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday accused each other of new shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a dangerous escalation five months into the war
The Ukrainian plant is under the control of Russian troops, and Ukraine has accused Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and storing arms there
US envoy to travel to Gulf to strengthen Yemen truce
Tim Lenderking will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Saudi Arabia starting August 11, while members of his...The United Nations announced on August 2 that a four-month truce had been extended until October 2, buying time for negotiations to establish a longer, more durable ceasefire
Yemen has been gripped by conflict since the Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of the capital Sanaa in 2014, triggering a Saudi-led military intervention
US National Security Advisor makes phone call to Kuwaiti PM
During the conversation, the two sides discussed the partnership between the US and Kuwait, regional security.During the conversation, the two sides discussed the partnership between the US and Kuwait, regional security
In a statement, the US NSA said the two leaders discussed the need to turn the UN-mediated truce in Yemen into a lasting settlement
Qatar renews call for nuclear-free Middle East
The establishment of nuclear-free zones is a key step to boost non-proliferation system and achieve a full nuclear disarmament, says...The establishment of nuclear-free zones is a key step to boost non-proliferation system and achieve a full nuclear disarmament, says a top Qatari official
Over the past decades, five nuclear weapon-free zones have been established that include the commitment of the signatories not to possess nuke arms
Iraq to provide Lebanon with fuel for another year: PM Mikati
Iraq has agreed to renew a one-year deal to provide Lebanon with fuel for its power plants in exchange for...For the past year, Lebanon's power plants have depended on the deal with Iraq to produce one to two hours of electricity per day.
Residents in the poverty-stricken country largely rely on expensive private generators for power the rest of the time.
UN rights chief calls killing of Palestinian children ‘unconscionable’
Of the 360 Palestinians reported injured, nearly two-thirds were civilians, including 151 children, 58 women and 19 older people, OHCHR..."Inflicting hurt on any child during the course of conflict is deeply disturbing," said Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights.
Her office said that 19 Palestinian children had been killed in the Palestinian territories in the recent unrest, taking the total number this year to 37.
