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With a recent blockade of the Gaza Strip put in place by the Israeli government, there is no way for humanitarian aid to reach the area. A ship from Qatar carrying 3,000 tons of humanitarin aid has already tried to go through the blockade, but authorities sent the ship right back to where it came [...]
The United Nations body that was investigating the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri came upon some new evidence in the case. Hariri and 22 others were killed by a suicide bomber in Beirut in 2005. This assassination took Lebanon by surprise as Hariri was a well-known political figure in the nation. The [...]
Lebanon has reportedly become the 185th signatory to the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. Reports state that documents signed on Friday secure Lebanon’s name of the list of nations that want to ban chemical weapon usage.
“The government of Lebanon deposited its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) with the Secretary-General of the United [...]
The British government today accused Iran of failing to cooperate with a United Nations watchdog. This failure has contributed to the UK becoming increasingly concerned with Iran’s nuclear program and whether or not they are creating nuclear weapons. A report by the UN nuclear watchdog states that Iran plans to start installing an extra 3,000 [...]
King Abdullah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has started the interfaith dialogue initiative, a movement to create a larger amount of understanding between the different faiths around the world. The interfaith dialogue initiative is trying to promote the principle of dialogue and mutual understanding between different religious groups of the world. Faisal bin [...]
Last week very heavy rainfall hit areas of Yemen and led to a disastrous flood killing an estimated 100 people, according to government sources. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees put the death toll higher, at 180, citing the country’s Ministry of Health. The agency also said about 2,000 homes had been destroyed, also citing [...]
The New York Times has reported that Iranian United Nations ambassador, Mohammed Khazee, announced Monday at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, that six world powers, namely the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, have refused to respond to its proposal “for negotiations without preconditions, aimed at resolving its nuclear [...]
The United Nations has issued a statement urging Israel to pay Lebanon for environmental and material destruction incurred during the 2006 conflict between the states. In the aftermath of the Israeli attack on Lebanon, sparked by the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah, a UN commission ruled in November 2006 that Israel had used [...]
