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UN passes Gaza resolution after lengthy negotiations but stops short of calling for ceasefire

The resolution instead calls for urgent steps 'to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities'

Evening Standard

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools

A Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages are allowed to study in Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only

The Independent UK

World risks new age of empires where might makes right, warns Estonian foreign minister

International institutions seem powerless in face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Margus Tsahkna, arguing they ‘cannot survive unchanged’

The Guardian - UK

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UN resolution on Gaza hampered by issues important to US: cessation of hostilities and aid monitors

The Security Council's adoption of a new U.N. resolution to spur desperately needed aid to Gaza has been bogged down by two issues: a reference to a cessation of hostilities, which the U.S. has opposed, and putting the U.N. in charge of inspecting trucks to ensure they are actually carrying…

The Independent UK

North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang's latest missile launch

North Korea and Russia have clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which it called “a warning counter-measure” to threats from the U.S. and other hostile forces

The Independent UK

UN votes unanimously to start the withdrawal of peacekeepers from Congo by year's end

The Security Council has voted unanimously to start the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from Congo before the end of the year as the conflict-ridden country prepares to elect its next president on Wednesday

The Independent UK

UN Security Council Struggles To Speak With One Voice On Gaza

The UN Security Council is struggling to find a unified voice on the war in Gaza, recently swapping a call for a "lasting cessation of hostilities" with a draft resolution demanding the fighting's "suspension."

International Business Times

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UN Prepares To Start Pulling Peacekeepers From DR Congo

The UN Security Council is expected on Tuesday to accede to a demand from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and launch a gradual withdrawal of peacekeepers, starting later this month.

International Business Times

UN delays vote calling for Gaza ceasefire as US objects to resolution wording

US says it cannot support a reference to a ‘cessation of hostilities’, but might accept a call for a ‘suspension of hostilities’

The Guardian - US

Gaza update: deadlock in the UN security council means no relief for suffering Palestinian civilians

Day by day, as Israel continues its assault on Gaza, the death toll mounts. According to the Gaza health ministry more than 18,500 people have now been killed in the Israeli army’s air and ground assault – and the Israel Defence Forces have lost 115 personnel, including ten killed on…

The Conversation

Gaza war: deadlock in the security council shows that the UN is no longer fit for purpose

As Israel launched its ground offensive in Gaza on October 27 – having conducted airstrikes in the weeks following the horrific attack by Hamas on October 7 – the UN general assembly convened an emergency session. With reports of upwards of 7,000 civilian deaths in Gaza, the general assembly passed…

The Conversation

Palestinians expect a high vote in UN General Assembly demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza

The Palestinians are expecting a high vote for a U.N. General Assembly resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The Independent UK

UN Assembly Moves Past Security Council To Take Lead On Gaza

The UN General Assembly was due to vote Tuesday on a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza -- a call that the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make.

International Business Times

Israel Battles Hamas As UN Labels Gaza 'Hell On Earth'

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly was due to vote on a new demand for a ceasefire.

International Business Times

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Israel Bombs Gaza After Warning Hamas Nears 'Dissolution'

Israel pressed on with its bombing of Gaza on Tuesday after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian militant group on the "the verge of dissolution".

The Independent UK

Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire

The Palestinians are hoping that a vote in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Tensions between Congo and Rwanda heighten the risk of military confrontation, UN envoy says

The top U.N. official in Congo is warning the Security Council that tensions between Congo and Rwanda have escalated, heightening the risk of a military confrontation that could draw in Burundi

Al Jazeera

UN envoys say ‘enough’ to Israel-Hamas war on trip to Gaza border

EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic, apocalyptic’.

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Al Jazeera

What’s UN Resolution 377A, can it help in efforts to stop Israel-Gaza war?

The resolution empowers member states to make collective recommendations, but it is legally nonbinding.

Evening Standard

Gaza bombardment continues after UN ceasefire vote fails

The US vetoed a UN resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

The Independent UK

US piles pressure on Israel over conduct in war on Hamas

Secretary of state Antony Blinken urges more to be done to protect civilians in Gaza – as UN Security Council votes on resolution calling for immediate humanitarian ceasefire

Al Jazeera

US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire

US deputy ambassador says an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would ‘only plant the seeds for the next war’.

The National (Scotland)

Gaza society 'on the brink of full-blown collapse', warns UN chief

UNITED Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that he invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter…

Al Jazeera

US raises criticism of Israel ahead of UNSC ceasefire meeting

US officials urge Israel to protect Gaza civilians but are unlikely to back calls for permanent truce.

International Business Times

UN Security Council To Consider Urging Gaza Ceasefire

The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war.

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