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Why it matters: The Israel-Palestine conflict dominated the third day of the General Assembly’s annual debate, as leaders warned that it is affecting global food and energy…
Addressing the UN General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, Ms. Mottley said the world faced multiplying obstacles to peace, food, water, finance, education and opportunity, even as…
Yemen’s path to stability depends on restoring the state, Leadership Council vice-president tells UN
Mr. Bawazir said, however, that the Houthis had responded with “intransigence”, using periods of humanitarian truce to strengthen their military arsenal at the expense of ordinary…
“Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was hard…” Mr. Netanyahu stated. “But for me, it was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make as Prime…
Here’s what the declaration says:Science and data: Better observation, shared data and stronger early warning systemsFinance and resilience: More predictable and accessible funding, especially for small…
World News in Brief: ‘New intensity’ to Russian attacks on Ukraine, Yemen, Gaza and Colombia updates
The attacks have involved ballistic and cruise missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs. Between 1 and 24 September, the Mission recorded at least 200 civilians killed…
Against a backdrop of decades of violent insecurity and mass displacement in the resource-rich eastern region of the vast country – where a deadly Ebola outbreak…
Some 80 countries demanded the urgent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday and condemned Iran and its Houthi allies for attacks in the region and disruption to international trade and energy security.’Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz continue to threaten international security and navigational rights and freedoms,’ said a joint statement read out by Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani at the United Nations.’We also strongly condemn the Houthis' decision to resume conflict in Yemen, their continuous strikes on Saudi Arabia, and their reckless attacks in the Red Sea,’ the statement said.The statement's backers included Gulf Arab states and major Western powers.It added that the Houthis' advance towards Bab el-Mandeb Strait would also only heighten risks to international shipping, maritime security and global trade.Both Iran and the Houthis frame their actions as defensive. Source link
Sea level rise is among the most visible consequences of global warming, but for some countries, it is an imminent existential threat. World leaders approved a…
Iranian airlines were barred from neighbouring countries including the UAE and Oman on Thursday in response to new US sanctions, the first big impact of a shift in US policy to target companies in third countries that do business with Iran.The General Civil Aviation Authority of the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East's biggest travel hub, said that as a result of the new US policy it was suspending all flights by Iranian airlines until further notice.Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that flights had also been shut down to Oman, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and to the Iraqi capital Baghdad. It said authorities were working to route flights to another Iraqi airport, in Najaf, a major Shi'ite Muslim religious pilgrimage site.Washington had announced it would put sanctions on any global companies doing business with Iranian airlines after September 23, with the aim of grounding Iran's entire civil fleet worldwide.Other countries in the Gulf region also appeared to have restricted flights.Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport listed scheduled arrivals and departures on Thursday to and from countries including Afghanistan, Armenia, China, Iraq, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkey. But no flights appeared to be listed to or from the nearby Gulf states, with which Iran has long had some of its most important business and travel ties.Iran has suggested that enforcement of a US-mandated air blockade would lead to potential escalation. On Wednesday, a senior Iranian official threatened to make airports ‘unusable’ in any regional country that abides by the US ban.Separately on Thursday, authorities in Saudi Arabia said they had intercepted intercepted six ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi fighters. The Houthis said they had fired dozens of missiles and drones at Saudi targets. An escalating conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis has emerged this month as the combat zone in the wider Middle East war.With the US-Israeli war against Iran largely stalemated for months on the battlefield, Washington has announced a shift in tactics to extend the reach of its financial sanctions by targeting companies from third countries that do business with Iranian firms, a practice known as ‘secondary sanctions’.Trump referred to the new strategy last month as ‘economic D-Day’, comparing it to the assault on Nazi-controlled France in World War Two by the United States and its allies.A flight ban, if sustained, could deepen Iran's isolation and worsen an economic crisis in the country, which is already facing a US blockade of its ports at sea.’We are living in an open-air prison,’ a retired teacher in Tehran told Reuters by text message on condition her name not be used. Source link
