US vetoes UN Security Council demand for Gaza ceasefire

Jun 05, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], June 5: The United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council demand on Wednesday for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and...

Justice Department accuses two Chinese researchers of smuggling

Jun 05, 2025

New York [US], June 5: U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be...

Israeli military unleashes strikes on Syria

Jun 05, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel], June 5: The Israeli military said in a statement it struck weapons belonging to the Syrian regime in southern Syria, in a...

China calls on WTO for greater oversight on unilateral tariffs

Jun 05, 2025

New York [US], June 5: China's commerce minister has called on the World Trade Organisation to strengthen supervision over unilateral tariffs, and put forward objective...

Judge extends ban on Trump administration canceling COVID school aid

Jun 05, 2025

New York [US], June 5: A federal judge in Manhattan has extended an injunction banning the Trump administration from canceling unspent funding to help elementary...

Top Cuban official accuses US of provoking conflict

Jun 05, 2025

Havana [Cuba], June 5: A visiting senior Cuban official on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ratcheting up tensions between Washington and Havana and expressed...

UNICEF spokesman 'shocked' by extent of malnutrition in Gaza

Jun 05, 2025

Gaza [Palestine], June 5: UNICEF spokesman James Elder, currently in Gaza, has described the "horrors" he witnessed within just 24 hours.

Gaza aid centres shut, access to area prohibited

Jun 05, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], June 5: Following reports that Israeli forces killed people near a food distribution site in Gaza, all aid centres...

Pro-Palestine protesters in UK call for Israel arms embargo and sanctions

Jun 05, 2025

London [UK], June 5: Pro-Palestine campaigners have rallied against Israel's punishing war on Gaza, gathering outside the British Parliament in London and demanding a full...