GCC chief urges UN to halt Iranian attacks, protect Gulf waterways
Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee ‘uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways’.

Jassim al-Budaiwi calls on UN Security Council to guarantee ‘uninterrupted navigation through all strategic waterways’.




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The UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran’s Khondab heavy water production plant is no longer operational.
Displaced Lebanese families ‘living in constant fear’ under Israeli bombardment, warns UN Refugee Agency official.
Resolution on transatlantic slavery supported by 123 countries, while three opposed it – including the US and Israel.

UN Chief Antonio Guterres has said that the conflict in the Middle East is “out of control”.
UN Human Rights Council passes resolution demanding end to Iran’s ‘unprovoked attacks’ on countries in the Middle East.
Dr Hussam Abu Safia ‘systematically denied’ medical treatment in Israeli detention, UN special rapporteurs warn.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has said the world gave Israel a ‘licence to torture Palestinians’.
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says torture ‘has effectively become state policy’ in Israel.

A new UN report confirms the past decade was the hottest on record.
Report by Francesca Albanese says ‘torture in detention used on unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance’.