Author: Steven Sahiounie

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) erupted in applause on Friday when members voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that called for recognition that Palestine is qualified to become the 194th full member and the enhancement of its rights and privileges, It also recommended that the Security Council reconsiders the matter “favorably.” Last month, the US vetoed a widely backed draft Security Council resolution that proposed the State of Palestine be granted full membership of the UN. The UN Charter requires that prospective members must be “peace-loving” and accept all obligations the charter places upon them, and that the admission of…

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Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israeli regime has rejected a proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing that the “ball is completely” in Israel’s court in the truce talks.

The Israeli spy agency Mossad has admitted that it was “surprised” by the operation conducted by the Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas resistance group in early October.

Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have carried out a strike against Israeli military positions in the northern side of the 1948 occupied territories in response to brutal aggression against the Gaza Strip.

The United Nations says more than 100,000 Palestinians have been forced to leave Rafah, amid intensified Israeli strikes on the southern city in Gaza.

The Israeli military has downplayed a recent threat issued by US President Joe Biden of freezing American arms supplies to the occupying regime if the latter went ahead with a full-scale ground invasion of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza as vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close and leading to more children dying of hunger, United Nations aid agencies warned on Friday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Israel’s invasion of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah would lead to an “epic humanitarian disaster.”

SINGAPORE – Asian stocks rose on Friday, on course for a third week of gains, while the dollar was on the back foot as fresh signs of an easing U.S. labour market stoked optimism around interest rate cuts this year ahead of next week’s crucial inflation data.