Paramilitary attack in Sudan: 53 killed, including children and women; refugee shelter bombed in Darfur city

At least 53 people, including 14 children and 15 women, were killed when Sudanese paramilitary forces launched an assault on a shelter in a surrounded Darfur city, according to a medical organisation’s report on Saturday.The Sudan Doctors’ Network, quoted by AP, reported that the bombardment of el-Fasher also resulted in injuries to 21 people, including […]

Unesco is choosing new director who will face big funding shortage after US exit

The Unesco logo hangs from a podium in Paris (Image credits: AP) PARIS: An Egyptian antiquities professor and ex-tourism minister is facing off against a Congolese economist who promoted schooling in refugee camps in a race to become the new director of Unesco. Whoever wins will inherit a world body reeling from the Trump administration’s […]

Iran: What’s next as UN sanctions snap back?

The Iranian flag (Image credits: AP) Iran is once again facing crippling international sanctions on its weapons trade, oil exports, international banking, and much more under the snapback mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal.The accord, concluded between Iran on one side and the US, France, Germany, the UK, Russia and China, as well as the […]

‘Bibi wants the deal too’: Donald Trump says Gaza plan well-received; cites all parties ‘tired of war’

US President Donald Trump said that he has received a “very good response” to his plan to end the war in Gaza and expressed optimism that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will support it when they meet on Monday, as cited by Reuters.“We’re getting a very good response because Bibi wants to make the deal […]

‘Will be expanded’: Netanyahu says Gaza strikes will not threaten Abraham Accords; addresses Trump’s 21-point Gaza peace plan

Ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that his country’s recent strike on Hamas leaders in Doha and the ongoing war in Gaza would not endanger the Abraham Accords.“I think there are many possibilities for peace, which I’m discussing with President Trump and his team, […]

‘Snapback’ over nuclear programme: UN hits Iran with sanctions; economy, tensions likely to worsen

File photo (Picture credit: AP) The United Nations has reimposed wide-ranging sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, further tightening the squeeze on the Islamic Republic as it grapples with soaring food prices, currency collapse and fears of renewed conflict with Israel and the United States.According to news agency Associated Press (AP), the sanctions—revived through […]

‘Putin visit planned’: Lavrov confirms December trip to New Delhi; hails strong India-Russia ties | India News

File photo (Picture credit: ANI, AP) At the recent 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced that plans are underway for President Putin to visit New Delhi in December.As per news agency ANI, he remarked, “In December, a visit from Mr Putin is being planned to New Delhi,” highlighting the […]

‘A real war’: Russian FM Lavrov blames EU, NATO for Ukraine conflict; cites direct role

Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday claimed that Nato and the European Union had “declared war” on Moscow through Ukraine during remarks at a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting on September 25 and on the sidelines of the United Nations.“Another clear example is the crisis in Ukraine provoked by the West, through which NATO and […]

‘End something that shouldn’t have started’: Donald Trump pledges to block Israel’s West Bank annexation; ceasefire still uncertain

US President Donald Trump assured Arab and Muslim leaders during a meeting on Tuesday that he would not permit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank, as per sources familiar with the discussion, reports Politico. Ahead of his meeting with representatives from eight Arab and Muslim countries at United Nations headquarters, Trump […]

‘Never sought to build nuclear bomb’: Iran president at UNGA; blames European powers for acting in ‘bad faith’

Masoud Pezeshkian (AP image) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday reaffirmed that Tehran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, insisting that its nuclear activities are peaceful in nature.“I hereby declare once more before this assembly that Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb,” Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly […]