Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
The director of the UN office for the high commissioner for human rights in New York resigned from his post, saying that the UN is not fulfilling its duty to protect civilian lives in Gaza under Israeli bombardment and said that the US, UK, and Europe are “wholly complicit in[Read More…]
G7 nations called for urgent actions to help civilians trapped in Gaza, facing bombardments, displacement and shortages of food, water, and fuel. They also called for pauses in the conflict to allow the entrance of aid. According to the Associated Press, after two days of talks in Tokyo, the G7[Read More…]
As Houstonians head to the polls to elect a new mayor and representatives to city council, a new poll from AARP suggests mayoral candidates need to pay attention to the needs of older voters who are particularly concerned about public safety and the rising cost of city services. “Crime and[Read More…]
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has emphasized the need for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to play a central role in shaping the region’s future to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, according to a report by The Guardian. Blinken’s message was relayed during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.[Read More…]
Delegates from 28 countries, including the US and China met this Wednesday in the first international AI Safety Summit held in the UK. The group of 28 countries agreed to work together to address the potential risks that AI could bring in the future. All countries signed a document called[Read More…]
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is willing to cooperate with the US and to work together to respond to global challenges. Xi would have delivered a letter at the annual dinner of the National Committee on US-China Relations in New York, saying that the relation between the countries would[Read More…]
The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Wednesday that would have urged for humanitarian pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to allow humanitarian aid access to Gaza and would have condemned violence against all civilians in the conflict. The resolution was drafted by Brazil and the voting was[Read More…]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to create a wartime Cabinet to oversee the fight against Hamas, reports the Associated Press. Netanyahu met with top political rivals on Wednesday, where he said the government would “crush and destroy” Hamas. And said that “Every Hamas member is a dead man,”[Read More…]
Israel announced it will cut off water, food and power supplies as part of a “complete siege” of Gaza, after Hamas threatened to start killing Israeli hostages if Israel continues to bombard civilian buildings without prior warning. According to a report by The Guardian, Hamas has abducted more than 100[Read More…]
The US government announced sanctions and indictments against 14 Chinese and Canadian firms for importing fentanyl on Tuesday, The Guardian reported. Officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security target a “major China-based syndicate” for allegedly selling fentanyl to drug dealers and cartels. The majority of[Read More…]