UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will drop London's objection to an arrest warrant being issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it was a matter for the court.
The US government currently imposes sanctions on one third of the world in a situation that disproportionately affects low-income countries – 60 percent of which are under US sanctions of some kind – according to an analysis of the White House’s long-standing policy of economic warfare by the Washington Post.
The US military has admitted that it ran a clandestine campaign aimed at discrediting China’s Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines and across Asia and West Asia, Reuters has reported.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded to European Union (EU) moves to pilfer interest from frozen Russian assets to pay for military aid to Ukraine, warning that such actions will not go unanswered.
Palestinian group Hamas has announced that US Vice President and the Democratic nominee Kamala Harris began her campaign for the presidential elections with “fabricated lies, disregarding the human rights she pretends to protect".
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s status could pose a problem when Moscow and Kiev eventually agree to hold peace talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called into question Zelensky’s legitimacy, noting that his term in office has expired.
The Palestinian movement Hamas has termed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ideas about a “future” for the Gaza Strip that excludes the group from the territory’s rule as mere “delusions".
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the UK envoy in Tehran to protest the extradition of an Iranian national to the United States on charges of sanctions violations.
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has broadcast a drone video that it claimed showed air defence facilities, planes and fuel storage units at Israel’s Ramat David airbase.
A new report based on open source evidence backs up figures released by the Palestinian health ministry on the number of people killed in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, despite claims by the US and Israel that the death toll cannot be trusted.
Ukraine is ready for peace talks with Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has stated during talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday.
The Palestinian Government Media Office in Gaza reported that Israel has killed at least 16,000 children in the besieged enclave since October last year when the war broke out.
The United Nations envoy for Yemen has warned that recent developments in the Red Sea, Israel and inside the country “show the real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation”.
Advisers for the US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have suggested increasing the defense spending target for NATO members to 3% of GDP, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. The revelation comes as many members of the US-led bloc have recently struggled to reach the current 2% goal.
A group of major labor unions has sent a letter to US President Joe Biden, urging him to stop military aid to Israel as its genocidal war continues in the Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the US State Department Matthew Miller has responded to a Beijing-brokered “national unity” agreement signed between Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian groups, ruling out any role for the Palestinian group Hamas in running the enclave after the war ends.
The Palestinian Authority’s budget deficit is projected to surge by 172 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, according to a statement from the PA cabinet.
Washington is set to weigh in on the International Criminal Court’s intention to seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with Hamas and other Israeli officials over the war in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the court documents.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of the spread of polio across the besieged Gaza Strip and possibly beyond the region as a result of collapsing sanitation in the Palestinian enclave.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the "reception and protection" of Israeli athletes at the Paris Olympics and demanded their exclusion from the games over the regime's war on the Gaza Strip.