Category: 2. Middle East

As global powers fail to halt Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, a new global initiative was launched in London over the weekend to confront Israel’s impunity and advance the Palestinian struggle for justice and self-determination. 

Delegates from over 25 countries convened for the inaugural conference of the Global Alliance for Palestine (GAFP). This new transnational initiative seeks to transform rising global solidarity for Palestine into coordinated…

Amnesty International said Monday it had received credible reports that dozens of Alawite women and girls had been kidnapped along Syria’s coast since February, urging Syrian authorities to prioritize investigating the cases.

What happened: In a press release, the UK-based rights group said it had documented the abduction of at least 36 Alawite women and girls — aged between three and 40 — by unidentified individuals between February and June, across the provinces of Latakia, Tartous,…

Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned what it described as a “fake government” announced by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), calling on neighbouring countries not to recognise or engage with what it labelled an “illegal organisation”.

In an official statement, the ministry said:

“We strongly denounce the RSF terrorist militia’s move to announce a fake government, claiming to assign government posts to run the country. This act…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk announced on Sunday that more than 300 UN staff have been killed in Israeli military operations in Gaza since October 2023.

“According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured since 7 October – some ten per cent of the entire population. And we can never forget that more than 300 of our own colleagues have been killed by Israel’s military…

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said food must not be used as a weapon of war as world leaders gathered for a food summit in Africa, where 280 million people face hunger and starvation.

The African Union, for its part, urged donors to provide greater support for the world’s poorest continent struggling with poverty, unrest and the effects of climate change.

“Hunger fuels instability and undermines peace. We must never accept hunger as a weapon of war,” Antonio Guterres told the UN Food…

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said food must not be used as a weapon of war as world leaders gathered for a food summit in Africa, where 280 million people face chronic hunger.

The African Union urged donors to provide greater support for the world’s poorest continent, which is struggling with poverty, unrest and the effects of climate change.

A new report co-authored by several United Nations agencies found global hunger fell slightly in 2024 thanks to progress in Asia and South…

A series of attacks by Israeli settlers against the Ein Samia water springs in the central occupied West Bank have caused a temporary halt in pumping operations, depriving thousands of Palestinians in nearby villages and communities from water, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported.

A public relations official in the Jerusalem Water Authority, Fares Malki told Ma’an that the disruption in pumping and distribution operations over the past few days has…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin

CAIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) -A long-term steady supply of aid is needed to counter the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, U.N. agencies said on Monday after mounting pressure prompted Israel to ease restrictions in the Palestinian enclave.

Israel carried out an air drop and announced a series of measures over the weekend, including daily humanitarian pauses in three areas of Gaza and new safe corridors for aid convoys, after images of starving children…