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ICJ: Israel Must Allow UN Emergency Aid to Gaza

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ICJ: Israel Must Allow UN Emergency Aid to Gaza

Wed 22 Oct 2025 09:05 CEST

The International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ) notes that the inhabitants of Gaza have not received sufficient emergency aid – and that Israel as an occupying power is responsible for meeting their basic needs. The court also establishes that Israel must allow the blocked UN body Unrwa to pass through

Trump's Nobel Peace Prize Aspirations Questioned by Experts

Trump's Nobel Peace Prize Aspirations Questioned by Experts

Thu 9 Oct 2025 12:03 CEST

Few leaders have been as open about wanting the Nobel Peace Prize as US President Donald Trump. But he is not on the Norwegian Peace Research Institute Prio's list

Zelensky Warns Putin May Target Another European Country

Zelensky Warns Putin May Target Another European Country

Sun 28 Sept 2025 08:20 CEST

Russia's president Vladimir Putin wants to expand the war in Ukraine by attacking another European country, says Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj.

China's Emission Reduction Pledge Criticized as Vague and Unambitious

China's Emission Reduction Pledge Criticized as Vague and Unambitious

Thu 25 Sept 2025 18:17 CEST

China promises to cut emissions. The new promises are positive – but too vague and unambitious, according to several experts

Spain and Italy Deploy Warships to Protect Thunberg's Gaza Convoy

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Spain and Italy Deploy Warships to Protect Thunberg's Gaza Convoy

Wed 24 Sept 2025 13:05 CEST

Twelve boats in Greta Thunberg's Gaza convoy Global Sumud Flotilla are reported to have been attacked by drones tonight. According to activists on board, three of the vessels have been damaged

Rubio Urges Lavrov to End Ukraine Conflict at UN Meeting

Rubio Urges Lavrov to End Ukraine Conflict at UN Meeting

Wed 24 Sept 2025 07:22 CEST

The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges at a meeting in New York his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to stop the killing in Ukraine. Lavrov talks about "common interests" of peaceful solutions – but criticizes European countries

Secret Service Stops Major Telecom Threat Before UN Summit

Secret Service Stops Major Telecom Threat Before UN Summit

Tue 23 Sept 2025 14:30 CEST

USA's security service has stopped a network that could have crashed New York's telecom network during the ongoing UN week.

Macron Declares France Recognizes Palestinian State at UN Assembly

Macron Declares France Recognizes Palestinian State at UN Assembly

Mon 22 Sept 2025 10:25 CEST

France recognizes a Palestinian state. In line with my country's historical commitment to the Middle East, for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, I declare today that France recognizes the state of Palestine, says President Emmanuel Macron in the UN General Assembly

Israel Criticizes UN's Two-State Solution Vote as "Shameful"

Israel Criticizes UN's Two-State Solution Vote as "Shameful"

Fri 12 Sept 2025 08:47 CEST

The UN General Assembly voted with a large majority for a resolution on a two-state solution to the war in Gaza – a solution that clearly excludes Hamas. But Israel calls the decision "disgraceful" and claims that it benefits Hamas

Israel Dismisses ICJ Case on Gaza Aid Blockade

Israel Dismisses ICJ Case on Gaza Aid Blockade

Mon 28 Apr 2025 08:36 CEST

Israel has blocked all acute aid to the Gaza Strip for nearly eight weeks and alarms are sounding about widespread famine while the bombs are falling. When the blockade is taken up in the International Court of Justice in The Hague (ICJ), the process is completely dismissed from the Israeli side

Proposes resolution without criticism of Russia

Proposes resolution without criticism of Russia

Sat 22 Feb 2025 08:18 CET

The President of the USA stops all aid to South Africa

The President of the USA stops all aid to South Africa

Mon 17 Feb 2025 06:00 CET

The President of the USA stops all aid to South Africa and accuses the country of discrimination against whites. The escalated conflict can, according to analysts, be linked to a group of extremely wealthy tech billionaires who grew up under South Africa's apartheid – who are now steadily gaining more power in Donald Trump's USA

Challenge for the UN's top judge to lead Lebanon

Challenge for the UN's top judge to lead Lebanon

Mon 13 Jan 2025 16:45 CET

Lebanon's president has appointed the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) chief judge Nawaf Salam as the country's new prime minister. A laborious task of forming a government in the battered country awaits

Unique case: What must countries do for the climate?

Unique case: What must countries do for the climate?

Mon 2 Dec 2024 11:45 CET

The UN's court is to decide what countries are required to do to stop climate change. Now, the negotiations are starting in the court's largest case ever

UN Committee: Israel's Warfare Resembles Genocide

UN Committee: Israel's Warfare Resembles Genocide

Thu 14 Nov 2024 12:06 CET

Israel's war methods in Gaza are in line with what is considered genocide, according to a UN committee that investigates Israel's actions in the war and the development in, among other things, Gaza.

Iraq condemns Israeli fighter jets

Iraq condemns Israeli fighter jets

Mon 28 Oct 2024 10:02 CET

Lebanon appeals for ceasefire - "threatened existence"

Lebanon appeals for ceasefire - "threatened existence"

Fri 27 Sept 2024 03:58 CEST

Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib condemns Israel's "systematic destruction of Lebanese border villages". In a speech to the UN General Assembly, he demands an immediate ceasefire "on all fronts"

Zelensky at the UN: Fears Attack on Nuclear Power Plant

Zelensky at the UN: Fears Attack on Nuclear Power Plant

Wed 25 Sept 2024 16:00 CEST

Ukraine's president was both composed and sharp when he held his speech before the UN General Assembly. He warned of a nuclear power catastrophe in Ukraine as he began his speech in the UN General Assembly

Joe Biden urges peace in final UN speech

Joe Biden urges peace in final UN speech

Tue 24 Sept 2024 16:51 CEST

The UN Secretary-General warned that the development in the world "is not sustainable" when the organization's General Assembly began. But the US President Joe Biden wanted to spread hope for the future in his swan song at the UN: Things can get better

USA advises against invasion of Lebanon

USA advises against invasion of Lebanon

Tue 24 Sept 2024 01:56 CEST

The USA is reported to be advising Israel against launching a ground offensive in Lebanon. It already looks like a war, says the EU's Foreign Minister as the international community gathers for a top-level meeting at the UN headquarters in New York

UN adopts digital guidelines – Sweden mediated

UN adopts digital guidelines – Sweden mediated

Mon 23 Sept 2024 04:45 CEST

The UN's 193 member states have, with Sweden in a key role, adopted new global guidelines for digital issues and AI. This is groundbreaking for the accountability we can expect to see in the future, says Vice Prime Minister Ebba Busch (KD)