For Palestinians, any effort to force them off their land would recall the "Nakba", or catastrophe -- the mass displacement...
- The United States on Monday toughened its terrorist designation of separatist militants in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province who were behind...
India, the incoming President of the Group of Twenty (G-20) announced that it will invite the UAE as one of...The G-20 accounts for 85 percent of global GDP, 75 percent of international trade and two-thirds of the world population.
This is the first of a series of announcements being made by India preparatory to its assumption of the G-20 Presidency on December 1, 2022.
A UAE economic delegation led by Minister of State Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh visited Tbilisi, Georgia.UAE-Georgian economic relations have witnessed remarkable development in recent years.
Total non-oil trade between UAE and Georgia in 2020 and 2021 grew by 52 percent to reach US$223 million.
The UN's World Meteorological Organization and its Environment Programme warned that the catastrophes such as Pakistan's monumental floods and China's..."There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters. They are the price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The UN warned last month that the drought gripping the Horn of Africa and threatening millions with acute food shortages was now likely to extend into a fifth year.
Russia said visas had been issued for Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and members of his delegation to attend the UN...The United States is not allowed to prevent representatives of member states from travelling to UN headquarters.
Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia sent a letter to UN Secretary-General complaining that the visas had not yet been received.
- The man, a Yemeni national, on Monday published a video clip of himself on social media at the Grand Mosque...
In the clip, he held up a banner saying: "Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous."
The footage was widely circulated on Saudi social media, with Twitter users calling for the man's arrest.
- More than thirty people attempted the crossing on the vessel, with many of the survivors in an "extremely serious" state...
The victims included two children aged one and two years old, a 12-year-old child and three more adults
UNHCR says 1,200 people have lost their lives in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said 49 troops had died, making this the deadliest escalation since the two side fought...Turkey backed Baku in the 2020 conflict, supplying it with combat drones that helped Azerbaijan claw back large parts of the territory it lost in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan's defence ministry accused Armenia of "large-scale subversive acts" near the districts of Dashkesan, Kelbajar and Lachin on the border
- Abdulmohsen bin Khuthaila in his speech on the sidelines of an official debate on human rights in Geneva, said that...
Abdulmohsen bin Khuthaila in his speech on the sidelines of an official debate on human rights in Geneva, said that the GCC backs all open and effective dialogue in Sri Lanka
Addressing the 51st session of the Human Rights Council, Khuthaila also stressed that enhancing human rights is a collective responsibility
King Abdullah of Jordan met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at Al-Husseiniya Palace to discuss how...King Abdullah addressed global food security, and the international community’s obligation toward nations hosting millions of refugees
Grandi said the UN agency would continue to support the Kingdom’s efforts, and encourage the international community to assist host countries facing increasing economic challenges
Al-Hol camp holds around 56,000 people -- mostly Syrians and Iraqis, but also around 10,000 who consist largely of wives...Syria's Kurds who run a semi-autonomous adminstration in northeast Syria have repeatedly begged countries to repatriate their citizens.
But such calls, despite being echoed by the United Nations, have largely fallen on deaf ears, due to fears returnees might pose a security threat back home
