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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 : Palestine’s UN Ambassador, Riyad Mansour, has called on the UN Security Council to respond to Israeli aggression in Gaza with sanctions, not yet words. “Israel continues taking human lives and every action possible to spread wildfires across the Middle East […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 :The UN Human Rights Office, OCHRC has condemned the increasing frequency of Israeli military bombardments on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, with the latest attacks killing dozens at a Gaza City school. At around […]

NEW YORK, Aug 10 U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Devi Harris leads Republican former President Donald Trump in three battleground states — Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan — by four points, according to a poll by the New York Times and Siena College. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 : Thousands of people in besieged Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military issued a new evacuation order on Thursday, UN humanitarian partners on the ground have reported. The directive affects people located in parts of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 : ISIL or Da’esh and its terrorist affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq as well as in several parts of Africa, resulting in a major spike in attacks and civilian fatalities, a senior UN counter-terrorism […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 : The UN human rights chief strongly condemned recent statements by Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich suggesting letting Palestinian in war-ravaged Gaza starve to death, his spokesperson said Friday. “The high commissioner (Volker Turk) is shocked and appalled by the words […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 :Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar met with Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Jeddah, expressing Pakistan’s strong condemnation of the assassination of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and reaffirming its stance against terrorism. During a meeting at […]

NEW YORK, Aug 06 : US VP Kamala Devi Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, thrusting the outspoken former Congressman into the national spotlight while adding a key ally to her stepped up campaign for the presidency. Walz, 60, […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 : UN humanitarian agencies Friday warned of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage. “People in Gaza are facing yet another peril: Hepatitis […]