Universal Declaration of Human Rights: what are your questions?
Other languages: 3 The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75 this year. In a new series, we find out why this historic document is so important for the […]
As Asian, African powers offer mediation in Ukraine war, Western war makers reject peacemaking
May 24,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen While UN and relief agencies and partisan groups dispute fatalities in the wider region’s recent wars, the Costs of War Project at […]
UN concerned by lack of grain ships going to 1 Ukrainian port
BY REUTERS UNITED NATIONS MAY 23, 2023 – 1:13 PM GMT+3 Vessels are seen as they wait for inspection under United Nation’s Black Sea Grain Initiative in the southern anchorage of […]
Defunding UNRWA rewards Israel, destabilizes the region
OSAMA AL-SHARIF May 23, 2023 Amid the often unexpected twists and turns marring the decades-long struggle by Palestinians to achieve long-awaited justice for their cause, the defunding of UNRWA, the […]
Russia issues retaliatory arrest warrant for International Criminal Court prosecutor
The Russian Investigative Committee accused Karim Ahmad Khan and several judges of issuing “unlawful decisions” against President Putin and his commissioner for children’s rights. Karim Ahmad Khan at U.N. headquarters […]
Justice for whom? Hypocrisy of the International Criminal Court
OPINION 13 DAYS AGO The global body has been reduced to being a political tool of US-led Western nations, blatantly insulating their war criminals and selectively targeting others. ZIYAD MOTALA […]
UN chief thanks Türkiye for extension of Ukraine grain deal
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAY 17, 2023 – 10:03 PM GMT+3 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks with reporters during a news conference at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, […]
A new trajectory for the region
May 17,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Palestinian Nakba Day commemorations at the UN and the lifting of Syria’s suspension from the Arab League have altered the trajectory of […]
United Nations commemorates Palestinian Nakba in historic first
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS MAY 15, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A protester lifts a flag during a rally marking ‘Nakba’ day in the Ramallah city center in the occupied West […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: 75 years of failed negotiations
CHRIS DOYLE May 14, 2023 Why after so many years, so many decades, after so much suffering has the international community so notably failed to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict? This […]
Led by China and India: On the Global South efforts to fix the UN
May 12, 2023 at 7:30 pm | Published in: Article, Asia & Americas, China, India, International Organisations, Opinion, UN Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi [Li Yang/China News Service via Getty Images] Dr Ramzy Baroud […]
ICC issues four new arrest warrants in Libya war crimes investigation
Khan said he had also applied for an additional two warrants in the past few weeks. (Reuters) ALI YOUNES May 12, 2023 NEW YORK CITY: The prosecutor of the International […]
Joint Press Stakeout on the situation in Libya
STATEMENTS We would like to make this statement on behalf of the following members of the Security Council that are States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal […]
‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy
Torture Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release Warning: the images and descriptions of torture […]
Türkiye, Ukraine, Russia, UN unable to reach deal
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAY 05, 2023 – A load of corn is poured into a truck, at a grain storage facility in the village of Bilohiria, Khmelnytskyi region, […]
Russia asks US to return ‘stolen’ Afghan funds as UN seeks end to women ban
UNSC unanimously approves resolution calling on Taliban to swiftly reverse its curbs on women while Moscow’s envoy criticises the text, calling on US to return $7 billion assets “you’ve stolen” […]
Turkiye critical to East-West power balance
YASAR YAKIS April 30, 2023 Despite the efforts of the Euro-Atlantic community, the Ukrainian crisis gives the impression that it is moving toward a standstill. The US and Germany are […]
Guterres proposes ‘way forward’ for Ukraine grain initiative
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with UN. Secretary-General António Guterres on April 24, 2023 in New York City. (Getty Images/AFP) Updated 10 sec ago AFP April 24, 2023 UNITED NATIONS, […]
‘We can no longer maintain the status quo,’ says UNRWA head
Foreign affairs > The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is in dire financial straits, and not for the first time. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the […]
UN chief ‘not surprised’ after leaks reveal US spying on him
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL APR 13, 2023 – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a news conference at the U.N. Base in Halane Mogadishu, Somalia, April 12, 2023. (Reuters Photo) […]