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US envoy hints at disagreement with Israel over timing to scale down war

The United States hinted, on Friday, at disagreement with Israel over how quickly to scale down the war in Gaza, with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of “intensive discussion” between the allies, Reuters reports. With intense ground fighting having expanded this month across the length of the Gaza Strip and aid organisations warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, Biden said at the start of the week that […]

16 December 2023

International

Yemen ceasefire ends without extension as UN envoy urges calm

INTERNATIONAL A six-month truce in Yemen's war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led coalition expired on Sunday without being extended, the United Nations' special envoy said, urging calm and adding that negotiations were continuing. Hans Grundberg said efforts to extend and expand the ceasefire for a further six months had not been successful ahead of Sunday's deadline. "The UN special envoy regrets that an agreement has not been reached today, as an extended and […]

3 October 2022

Local

South Africa tells Western envoys it needs financial support to shift from coal

South Africa told visiting climate envoys from the United States, Britain, Germany and France that it needs major financial support to move away from coal, the environment department said on Wednesday. South Africa is the world’s 12th biggest carbon emitter, according to the Global Carbon Atlas, five places ahead of the United Kingdom, an economy eight times the size, emitting 479 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e) in […]

30 September 2021

International News

UN Yemen envoy calls for probe into civilian deaths

The United Nations envoy for Yemen has called for a transparent investigation into air strikes that killed at least 11 civilians in al-Jawf province, saying resurgent violence is complicating UN-led efforts to end the five-year war. Security is deteriorating anew as Yemen faces the coronavirus pandemic and what the UN describes as the world's biggest humanitarian crisis, with millions on the verge of famine. The raids were the third such […]

17 July 2020

International News

UN envoy says Israel must ‘abandon threats of annexation’

The United Nations' special Middle East envoy called on Israel to drop plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, joining a growing international chorus of opposition. Envoy Nickolay Mladenov also called on the Palestinians to resume talks with the so-called Quartet, comprised of the United States, Russia, the European Union, and the United Nations. "Israel must abandon threats of annexation," Mladenov said during a meeting of the UN […]

21 May 2020

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US envoy hints at disagreement with Israel over timing to scale down war

Yemen ceasefire ends without extension as UN envoy urges calm

South Africa tells Western envoys it needs financial support to shift from coal

UN Yemen envoy calls for probe into civilian deaths

UN envoy says Israel must ‘abandon threats of annexation’

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