Iran on Tuesday questioned if it will be able to meet its July deadline to commit to a deal with world powers regarding its nuclear program. France said Iran’s talks with world powers on curbing its uranium enrichment program had “hit a wall”. Iran has been in talks with six world powers regarding its nuclear program. The West will extend …
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Desperately needed medical supplies and medicines have reached the besieged town of Douma in Syria on Wednesday for the first time in 18 months, the World Health Organization said. The organization said that two of its trucks filled with medicine were a part of an aid convoy sent to the rebel-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta part of …
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On Wednesday, a group of human rights monitors urged Iran to stay the execution of two Arab activists from the country, explaining that the trial was fundamentally flawed. Sayed Khaled Mousavi and Ali Chebeishat, Arab cultural rights campaigners and farmers, will be executed on Thursday if Iran goes ahead with its plans. The two were arrested in November 2012, and …
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Lakhdar Brahimi, in a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday, announced that he would resign from his position as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, and said that he was mostly frustrated by plans of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to hold elections in June. In the press conference in New York, Brahimi said he would step down …
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Gunfire stopped distribution of food today in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, a United Nations spokesperson confirmed today, reiterating demands that the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees be allowed to safely and without interruption distribute substantial quantities of food and other humanitarian assistance inside Yarmouk. Spokesman Chris Gunness said the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the …
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The police in the northern Israeli coastal city Haifa on Friday said that suspected Jewish extremists had vandalized a Muslim grave in a cemetery in the city, the latest in a string of racist attacks in Israel. In a statement, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said that “Graffiti was found sprawled on and around a grave in the Al-Qassam cemetery in …
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UN officials on Wednesday vowed to do everything they can to stop conflict-wracked South Sudan from falling into genocide, and warned all the warring factions that they will be held responsible if famine breaks out in the country. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay verbally attacked both rebel leader Riek Machar and South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, …
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On Wednesday, members of the UN Security council called for an investigation into the latest claim of chlorine gas chemical attacks in a rebel-held part of Syria, expressing their apprehension over the reports. The briefing of the fifteen member organization had taken place behind closed doors and was conducted by Sigrid Kaag, who is co-ordinating the mission which oversees the …
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The United Nations released a statement on Friday reporting the death of at least 58 people in an attack on a UN base in South Sudan in the government-controlled town Bor; over a 100 people were said to be wounded in the attack. Toby Lanzer, the top UN official in the country, praised the efforts of peacekeepers from Nepal, South …
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On Monday, a UN human rights monitor urged Iran to stop the execution of an Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari, who allegedly murdered a former intelligence official, saying that the trial was deeply flawed. Jabbari has always maintained that she acted in self-defence against a sexual assault. The case raises several concerns because of Jabbari’s alleged forced confession and the errors made …
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