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Tensions between Major Powers Reach Historic High, Warns UN Chief
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis in the system of multilateral relations, with tensions between major power reaching the highest ever level, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday at a UN Security Council meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The UN chief stressed that the world has been faced with unprecedented and interrelated crisis and the multilateral system is experiencing the biggest ever pressure since ...
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China Expected to Have 1,500 Nuclear Warheads by 2035: NATO Chief
China is expected to possess some 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. 'In the longer term, we need to re-think and adapt our approach to a more dangerous and competitive world. And this means engaging with China, which is estimated to have 1,500 warheads by 2035,' he told an arms control conference in Washington. 'As a global power, China has global responsibilities. And Beijing too ...
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OIC Stands Firm: Al-Aqsa Mosque Belongs to Muslims, Condemns Israeli Aggression
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has once again condemned the recent Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, emphasizing that it is a holy site exclusively reserved for Muslim worship. The Secretary General of the OIC, Hussein Ibrahim Taha, made the remarks during an extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee on Saturday, which was convened to discuss the continued Israeli aggression on al-Aqsa. This followed the violent raid ...
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World Court Rules U.S. Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets, Orders Compensation
In a victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICE) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation, the amount of which will be determined later. However, the World Court said it did not have jurisdiction over $1.75 billion in frozen assets from Iran's central bank. In a reaction shared by Iran's foreign ministry ...
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NATO Reacts after Moscow Puts Major Nuclear Accord on Ice
Russia should reconsider its decision to suspend the New START nuclear arms control treaty with the US, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was withdrawing from the last remaining nuclear accord with Washington earlier on Tuesday. “I regret the decision by Russia to suspend its participation in a New START program,” Stoltenberg told a press conference. “More nuclear weapons and less ...
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WHO Calls Urgent Meeting on Killer Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has convened to discuss a new outbreak of a highly infectious virus in Central Africa, looking at several vaccine candidates that could potentially stop the pathogen that causes hemorrhagic fever with a fatality rate of up to 88%. WHO officials held an “urgent” meeting on Tuesday to review the Marburg virus now spreading in Equatorial Guinea, where at least nine people have lost their lives to the ...
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NATO Promises More Heavy Weapons for Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday that Ukraine would receive more “heavy warfare equipment” from the West in “the near future.” The UK has already pledged tanks to the country, and Germany is under pressure to follow suit. A US-led ‘contact group’ for arming Ukraine will meet on Friday. 'We are in a crucial phase of the war,” Stoltenberg told Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper on Sunday, days after Ukraine lost the ...
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Senior EU, UN Officials Call for Probe into Israeli Killing of Palestinian Youth
Senior officials from the EU and the United Nations called for a probe into the killing of a Palestinian youth by Israeli forces in a town near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The UN official and the European Union’s foreign policy chief have expressed shock and horror at the brutal killing. The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said on Friday that he was ...
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Russian Resignation Allegedly Unblocks Key UNESCO Committee: Source
A diplomatic source told AFP that the resignation of Russia's Ambassador to UNESCO will allegedly end the deadlock in a key group he chaired that is charged with preserving cultural sites around the world. The World Heritage Committee, responsible for adding properties to UNESCO's list of world heritage sites, had been unable to function for months after the start of the Ukraine war. 'I have the honor to inform you of the ...
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