‘Time is running out’ for Israel-Palestine two-State solution
The UN chief warned on Tuesday that the two-State solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict is at risk of collapse amid illegal Israeli settlement expansion and annexation.
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Choose international order over ‘law of the jungle’, urges Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the world faces a stark choice: “Do we want to live…with a return to the law of the jungle – or do we want to live in a civilized international society?”
Daily Memo: Hungary-Ukraine Tensions, Chinese Energy Imports
Hungarian skepticism. Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said his government would not permit the construction of oil storage facilities for Ukraine on
Qatar: Absence of a regional collective security system is fuelling crisis in the Gulf
The crisis in the Gulf should come as a surprise to no one, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said on Tuesday, describing it as the cumulative result of years of delay, crisis management through temporar...
UN rendered unable to fulfil its mission, Turkish President laments before world leaders
The United Nations continues to be weakened, and those who have tied their hopes to the world body – from Palestine to Sudan – have been disappointed, Türkiye’s President said, while adding that his country is committed...
The Mecca Pact and the Limits of Burden-Shifting
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed Aug. 7 by Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, is the clearest signal that the Middle East is responding to the
Displacement on the rise in Yemen as fighting continues
As hostilities worsen in Yemen, more people have been fleeing their homes, further intensifying the humanitarian crisis within the region, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.
In Tanzania, the sea is moving inland – and taking livelihoods with it
Along the coast of Tanzania, in East Africa, the Indian Ocean is pushing saltwater ever farther inland, shrinking coconut harvests, driving fish away and leaving some residents wondering how much longer they can stay.
UN condemns attempted Houthi strike on Riyadh as Yemen displacement surges past 130,000
The UN has condemned continued cross‑border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen drives one of the country’s fastest displacement su...
Daily Memo: AfD-Moscow Connections, France-Canada Dialogue
Russian collaboration. Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev suggested Moscow could work with Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party
‘Nowhere is safe’: UN experts detail Ukraine war’s toll and Russia’s reach beyond its borders
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Monday laid out a grim picture of the human cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with a spotlight on civilians facing a third wartime winter as well as the intimidation of Ru...
‘We are not powerless’: UN chief urges world leaders to invest in peace
In a world facing rising conflicts, violence and divisions that are causing great suffering for millions of people, the UN chief on Monday called on world leaders and citizens to invest more in peace.