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UN to Vote on Gaza Two-State Solution Excluding Hamas

UN to Vote on Gaza Two-State Solution Excluding Hamas

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The UN General Assembly will vote on Friday on a resolution on a two-state solution to the war in Gaza – a solution where Hamas is not included.

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)