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The atrocities against Palestinians in a ruthlessly devastated Gaza — with over 21,000 mostly civilian deaths in retaliation to the killings of 1,200 inside Israel —have resurrected a longstanding

Any party to the Genocide Convention can submit the matter to the World Court, which could make a finding of genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. The General Assembly also has an option left. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout As Israel continues its genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza — with the

United Nations, New York – The UN Security Council meets on Gaza Friday (Saturday in Manila) under acute pressure from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire after weeks of ruinous war. Even though the civilian death toll in the Palestinian territory is mounting and living conditions are described as catastrophic amid Israel’s bombardment, the outcome of the session is up in the air. In a letter to the council on Wednesday, Guterres took the

One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. The iceberg, known as A23a, split from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. But it became stuck to the ocean floor and had remained for many years in the Weddell Sea. Not any more. Recent satellite images reveal that the iceberg, weighing nearly a trillion metric tonnes, is now

Antarctica has been called the sleeping giant, but it is now being awoken by climate chaos, the UN Secretary-General has warned.

Hügo Krüger outlines how Pretoria can use its nuclear-nonproliferation position to pressure and isolate the Netanyahu government internationally for its policy of apartheid and assault on Gaza.   By Hügo Krüger Hügo’s Newsletter Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas has

Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to push that alarming figure higher, according to a new UNICEF report.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was horrified by a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Friday, reiterating his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejected "misrepresentations" of his remarks a day earlier that Hamas's October 7 massacre "didn't happen in a vacuum," decried by Israel as justifying terror, The Times of Israel reported. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.(AP) The Times of Israel reported quoting Guterres, "I am shocked by misrepresentations by some of my statement yesterday in the Security Council -- as if I was jus...