UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM: The UN Security Council approved a toned-down bid to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza on Friday that stopped short of a call for a ceasefire, hours after Israel signalled it was widening its ground offensive in the Palestinian enclave. The US, which is Israel’s main ally and hadContinue Reading

Until last week it had not occurred to me that Rotary and Lions clubs might be an arm of the international Jewish conspiracy. Like most people, I suspect I’ve always assumed these organisations exist to give the well-meaning but socially awkward a chance to get out of the house andContinue Reading

UNITED NATIONS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday confronted Russia directly at the UN Security Council, denouncing the Kremlin’s invasion of his country as “criminal” and urging the United Nations to strip Moscow of its veto power.Clad in his trademark military fatigues, Zelenskyy for the first time since the FebruaryContinue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denounced Russian “beasts” after a video appeared to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner, prompting international outrage. The emergence of the disturbing footage, which AFP was unable to independently verify, sparked fury in Ukraine, with Kyiv saying Russia is “worse than ISIS”. The EuropeanContinue Reading