Author: Steven Sahiounie

The UN Security Council is expected to convene an open briefing this evening to discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the issue of Palestine.  Algeria, the sole Arab member of the UN Security Council , has requested the meeting to discuss the threat of forced displacement facing the Palestinian people in Gaza as a result of the brutal Israeli genocide campaign in the enclave. Expected to provide briefings to council members are Martin Griffiths, the Deputy Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Ilze Brands Kehris, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. The council previously held closed consultations on Wednesday,…

TEHRAN: Iran on Friday lambasted strikes in Yemen by US and British forces, saying that the attacks against Tehran-backed Houthi rebels were “arbitrary” and a “violation” of international law.

DUBAI: In times of war — when people are dying by the thousands and hospitals and schools are bombed, as they are in Gaza at this moment — it’s easy to wonder if the arts have any real relevance or role to play.

Six human rights organizations and press-freedom groups have called on authorities in the US, in its role as one of Israel’s strongest and most influential allies, to “pursue accountability” for the journalists killed during the ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip.

THE HAGUE: Israel’s military actions in Gaza are acts of self-defense against Hamas and “other terrorist organizations,” the legal adviser for Israel’s foreign ministry said at the opening of the second day of hearings at the World Court on Friday.

THE HAGUE: Israel will respond on Friday to accusations brought by South Africa at the UN’s top court that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide campaign aimed at wiping out the Palestinian population. South Africa, which filed the lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December, asked judges on Thursday to impose emergency measures ordering Israel to immediately halt the offensive. It said Israel’s aerial and ground offensive — which has laid waste to much of the narrow coastal enclave and killed more than 23,000 people according to Gaza health authorities — aimed to bring…

Says Greece is concerned by the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the conflict’s potential spillover into the wider region

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is following US and British air strikes on neighboring Yemen with “great concern,” a foreign ministry statement said on Friday, urging against escalation.

The strikes marked the first US military response to what has been a persistent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships since the start of the Israel-Hamas

Abdul Malik al-Houthi also called on Ansar Allah supporters to continue “combat training, rallies, marches and donating money despite the dire circumstances”