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Human Rights Watch Calls for Sanctions on Israeli Entity for Non-Compliance with ICJ

Human Rights Watch Calls for Sanctions on Israeli Entity for Non-Compliance with ICJThe Hague, 17 Mar (ONA) --- Human Rights Watch called on the international community to impose sanctions on the Israeli entity for not complying with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order to take precautionary measures to prevent a genocide in the Gaza Strip.Sanctions and an arms embargo should be imposed on Israel in order to comply with the order issued by the International Court of Justice, Human Rights Watch posted on X.It added that the Israeli entity did not comply with court orders and did not ...

Israeli Entity Continues Bombing Southern Lebanon

Israeli Entity Continues Bombing Southern Lebanon Beirut, 17 Mar (ONA) --- The Israeli entity continued to bomb villages and towns in southern Lebanon. According to field sources, an Israeli warplane fired an unexploded missile targeting a house in the town of Aitaroun. Israeli warplanes also carried out an airstrike against the town of Marwahin for the second time and carried out an airstrike targeting the town of Meiss El Jabal. In a related context, Israeli army artillery targeted the western outskirts of Houla and the outskirts of Zahajra and Tayr Harfa. The Israeli ...

Death Toll from Israeli Aggression on Gaza Rises to 31,645 Martyrs Since October

Death Toll from Israeli Aggression on Gaza Rises to 31,645 Martyrs Since October Gaza, 17 Mar (ONA) --- The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, since the start of the aggression, has risen to 31,645 martyrs most of them children and women, Palestinian medical sources reported today. The sources added that the number of injuries has risen to 73,676, with thousands of victims still under the rubble, pointing out that the Israeli occupation forces have committed 9 massacres in the Strip during the past 24 hours which claimed the lives of 92 martyrs, along ...

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Meets Oman’s Permanent Representative to UN

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Meets Oman’s Permanent Representative to UNNew York, 14 Mar (ONA) --- Hans Grundberg, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Yemen held a meeting in New York today with Dr. Mohammed Awad Al Hassan, the Sultanate of Oman’s Permanent Representative to the UN. During the meeting, held at the headquarters of the Permanent Delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to the UN, Grundberg expressed the United Nations’ gratitude to Oman for its role in supporting efforts to accomplish a lasting peace and stability in the Republic of Yemen.Grundberg pointed out that ...

UN Coordinator for Peace Process Warns of Wider Political and Security Calamity in Gaza

UN Coordinator for Peace Process Warns of Wider Political and Security Calamity in Gaza New York, 13 Mar (ONA) --- Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warned of "a wider political and security calamity" as a result of the ongoing Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip and the escalating instability across the West Bank. In a statement on the Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Wennesland said "There is a growing risk of a wider political and security calamity. This must be avoided at all costs." "As the ...

Turkish President Calls for Holding Israeli Officials Accountable for Murdering Gaza Children

Turkish President Calls for Holding Israeli Officials Accountable for Murdering Gaza Children Ankara, 13 Mar (ONA) --- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the need for Israeli officials to be held accountable for murdering Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip. "We all owe a debt to the murdered Palestinian children, and this debt can only be paid through the establishment of an independent Palestinian state," President Erdogan told ambassadors in Ankara. "Instead of attempting to conceal the truth of the genocide, Israeli leaders must answer for the babies who ...

Lebanon Files Complaint Against Israel Before UNSC

Lebanon Files Complaint Against Israel Before UNSC Beirut, 13 Mar (ONA) --- Through Lebanon's permanent mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates filed a complaint before the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against the Israeli entity, following numerous violent Israeli attacks on 11-12 March 2024 targeting civilians in residential areas around the city of Baalbek and adjacent villages resulting in casualties and injuries. The foreign ministry today issued a statement in which it said that what is ...

First Gaza Aid Ship Sets off from Cyprus

First Gaza Aid Ship Sets off from Cyprus Nicosia, 12 Mar (ONA) --- A ship taking almost 200 tonnes of food to Gaza Strip left a port in Cyprus early today, in a pilot project to open a new sea route of aid to a population on the brink of famine as a result of Israeli occupation forces blocking access of humanitarian trucks into Gaza. The charity ship “Open Arms” was seen sailing out of Larnaca port in Cyprus, towing a barge containing flour, rice and protein. The ship belongs to a Spanish charity of the same name. Exactly where it plans to dock when it ...

China Calls for International Efforts toward Ceasefire in Gaza

China Callsfor International Efforts toward Ceasefire in Gaza New York, 12 Mar (ONA) --- China has called for international efforts toward an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The current conflict in Gaza has been going on for five months, which has led to unspeakable harm to women. Over 9,000 mothers and daughters have been killed, and hundreds of thousands of women displaced, said Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations,. "China calls on the international community to act promptly and redouble efforts to promote an immediate ceasefire to ...

Gaza Death Toll from Ongoing Israeli Aggression Soars to 31,112

Gaza Death Toll from Ongoing Israeli Aggression Soars to 31,112 Gaza, 11 Mar (ONA) --- The death toll from Israel's ongoing brutal aggression on Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023 has soared to 31,112 martyrs, in addition to 72,760 injured, medical sources confirmed today. According to Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the Israeli occupation committed seven massacres against families in Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, leaving at least 67 martyred and 106 others, most of them children and women. Many victims were still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers ...

Gaza War Death Toll Climbs to 31,045

Gaza War Death Toll Climbs to 31,045 Gaza, 10 Mar (ONA) --- The Palestinian death toll in Israel's war on Gaza has climbed to 31,045 while humanitarian aid efforts gathered pace ahead of Ramadan. The Health Ministry confirmed the death toll today, adding that another 72,654 people have been left wounded since 7 October 2023 in Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Earlier Saturday, the ministry reported that at least 82 Palestinians had been killed and 122 others injured in just 24 hours. "The Israeli occupation committed 10 massacres against ...

Israeli Bombardment Claims More Lives across Gaza Strip

Israeli Bombardment Claims More Lives across Gaza Strip Gaza, 10 Mar (ONA) --- Scores of Palestinians were martyred and injured in Israeli bombardment of Gaza Strip today, as the ongoing Israeli genocidal onslaught on the enclave enters its 156th day in a row. According to Palestinian news agency (WAFA), at least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli bombardment targeting the tents of displaced families in Al Mawasi region in Khan Yunis. The attack on Al Mawasi region coincided with Israeli warplanes unleashing intense fire belts over ...

US Sends Vessel to Build Temporary Port Off Gaza Coast

US Sends Vessel to Build Temporary Port Off Gaza Coast Washington, 10 Mar (ONA) --- The US army has dispatched the logistics support vessel Frank S. Besson to the eastern Mediterranean to build a temporary aid port off Gaza coastline, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced. Vessel Frank S. Besson left Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia less than 36 hours after US President Joe Biden announced that the US would provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza by sea, CENTCOM said in a statement. The vessel is carrying the first equipment to establish a temporary ...

Antalya Diplomacy Forum Raises Expectations for Peace in Mideast, Beyond

Antalya Diplomacy Forum Raises Expectations for Peace in Mideast, Beyond Antalya, 7 Mar (ONA) --- In its third edition, the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) brought together the heads of state, ministers, policymakers, business leaders, diplomats, bureaucrats, academics, high-ranking military officers, think tankers, journalists, opinion leaders, youth and global observers to discuss the issues adversely affecting humanity under the broad theme of “Advancing Diplomacy in Times of Turmoil. During the three-day diplomacy marathon in the coastal city of Antalya, conflicts between ...

Oman Rejects Israel’s Decision to Set Up New Settlements on Palestinian Lands

Oman Rejects Israel’s Decision to Set Up New Settlements on Palestinian Lands Muscat, 7 Mar (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman has voiced its condemnation, denunciation and rejection of a decision made by the Israeli occupation state approving the construction of about 3,500 new settlement units in the West Bank, in a new flagrant violation of the rules of international law and Security Council resolutions. In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, Oman noted that the Israeli occupation forces’ decision disregards the Palestinian people's rights recognized and ...

Australia, ASEAN Urge South China Sea Restraint, Gaza Cease-fire

Australia, ASEAN Urge South China Sea Restraint, Gaza Cease-fire Melbourne, 6 Mar (ONA) --- Australia and Southeast Asian nations urged for calm in the disputed South China Sea and a long-lasting truce in the Gaza Strip as they concluded a three-day summit today. Australia hosted a summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Melbourne to mark the 50th anniversary of its ties to the bloc, even as differences remained across the 10 members on China's plans to extend diplomatic and military presence in the region. A joint statement by Australia ...

Efforts to Deliver Food Aid to North Gaza Largely Unsuccessful: WFP

Efforts to Deliver Food Aid to North Gaza Largely Unsuccessful: WFP Rome, 6 Mar (ONA) ---- Efforts by the UN World Food Program (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed today but were largely unsuccessful, the agency reported. A 14-truck food convoy - the first by WFP since it paused deliveries to the north on 20 February - was turned back by the Israeli occupation army after a three-hour wait at the Wadi Gaza checkpoint. Although the convoy "did not make it to the north to provide food to the people who are starving, WFP ...

Children Starving to Death in Northern Gaza: WHO

Children Starving to Death in Northern Gaza: WHO Gaza, 5 Mar (ONA) --- Children are dying of starvation in northern Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency's visits over the weekend to the Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals were the first since early October. In a post on social media, he spoke of "grim findings". A lack of food resulted in the deaths of 10 children and "severe levels of malnutrition", while hospital buildings have been destroyed, he wrote. The health ministry in Gaza ...

Russia, China Should Work to Provide for Further Bilateral Cooperation: Envoy

Russia, China Should Work to Provide for Further Bilateral Cooperation: Envoy Beijing, 3 Mar (ONA) --- Beijing and Moscow should continue working for the further development of bilateral relations between China and Russia, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday. "Both sides must be guided by the fundamental consensus reached by the presidents of the two countries and promote the further development of bilateral relations," Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui said during his meeting in Moscow with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister ...

Shehbaz Sharif Elected as New Prime Minister of Pakistan

Shehbaz Sharif Elected as New Prime Minister of Pakistan Islamabad, 3 Mar (ONA) --- Shehbaz Sharif, the chairman of the PML-N party (Pakistan Muslim League - N) has been elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan, the PTV News channel reported today. According to PTV News report, Sharif "secured two hundred and one votes" while Sunni Ittehad Council’s candidate Omar Ayub Khan bagged ninety-two votes." --- Ends/Khalid ...

UNSC Approves Statement on Israeli Strike on Civilians in Gaza Strip

UNSC Approves Statement on Israeli Strike on Civilians in Gaza Strip New York, 3 Mar (ONA) --- The UN Security Council (UNSC) has approved a statement prepared by Algeria on Israel’s attack on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip. The document expresses "deep concern regarding reports stating that over 100 individuals lost their lives with several hundred others sustaining injuries, including people with gunshot wounds as observed by UN-OCHA, in an incident involving Israeli forces at a large gathering surrounding a humanitarian assistance ...

BRICS Member States to Consider Creating Common Digital Payment Platform

BRICS Member States to Consider Creating Common Digital Payment Platform Moscow, 28 Feb (ONA) --- The Russian Finance Ministry together with the Bank of Russia and BRICS partners will prepare a number of initiatives to improve the international monetary and financial system, which will focus in particular on the issue of creating the BRICS Bridge multisided payment platform, according to files published following the first meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central banks governors in Sao Paulo, Brazil. "By the end of the year, the Russian Finance Ministry and the ...

Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Türkiye, Attend Diplomacy Forum

Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Türkiye, Attend Diplomacy Forum Moscow, 28 Feb (ONA) --- The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry today said that the country's top diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, will be in Türkiye on an official visit. Lavrov will visit on Friday and Saturday, Maria Zakharova said. He is scheduled to attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which will be held in the eponymous southern Turkish province, a popular destination among Russian tourists and expats. He will also hold bilateral talks with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan ...

Foreign Minister Receives Swiss Envoy to Middle East and North Africa

Foreign Minister Receives Swiss Envoy to Middle East and North Africa Muscat, 26 Feb (ONA) ---- Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister received in his office here today Ambassador Wolfgang Amadeus Bruelhart, Swiss Envoy to the Middle East and North Africa. The meeting reviewed bilateral relations and means of promoting them, as well as ways to diversify cooperation in the economic, trade and cultural fields. The meeting underscores the importance of following up the agreements and MoUs signed between the two countries during the visit of President Dr. Alain Berset ...

Oman Delivers Oral Statement Before ICJ on Israeli Practices

Oman Delivers Oral Statement Before ICJ on Israeli PracticesThe Hague, 23 Feb (ONA) —- The Sultanate of Oman delivered its oral statement before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague today on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian Territories including East Jerusalem.The Sultanate of Oman reaffirmed during the oral proceedings delivered on behalf of the government of the Sultanate of Oman by Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Salim Al Harthy, Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, that for more than (75) years, the Palestinians ...

Oman Regrets Security Council’s Failure to Issue Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

Oman Regrets Security Council’s Failure to Issue Gaza Ceasefire ResolutionMuscat, 21 Feb (ONA) --- The Sultanate of Oman expressed its regret over the UN Security Council’s failure to issue a resolution for ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the repeated use of veto that hampered the resolution.In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry today, Oman reiterated its plea for the international community and the Security Council to facilitate all initiatives to implement an immediate ceasefire in the region. It urged the Security Council not to stand in the way of ...

Palestine Accuses Israel of Apartheid at ICJ, Calls to End Occupation

Palestine Accuses Israel of Apartheid at ICJ, Calls to End Occupation The Hague, 19 Feb (ONA) --- Palestine has accused Israel of apartheid and demanded an end to its occupation of Palestinian territories in a hearing at the World Court today. Foreign Minister Riyad Al Malki told the UN's top court that his people were suffering "colonialism and apartheid" under the Israeli occupation, as judges weighed on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation. "The Palestinians have endured colonialism and apartheid ... There are those who are enraged by these words. ...

Israeli Atrocities in Gaza Continue as Death Toll Crosses 29,000

Israeli Atrocities in Gaza Continue as Death Toll Crosses 29,000 Gaza, 19 Feb (ONA) --- Israeli atrocities in Gaza continue as death toll crosses 29,000. The Gazan Health Ministry said 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the war. "The Israeli occupation committed 13 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 127 martyrs and 205 injured during the past 24 hours," the ministry said in a statement. "Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads ...

Foreign Minister, Palestinian Official Stress Importance of Ceasefire in Gaza

Foreign Minister, Palestinian Official Stress Importance of Ceasefire in GazaMuscat, 18 Feb (ONA) —— Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister and Hussein Al Sheikh, Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization discussed during a phone call the developments in Palestine and the repercussions of the Israeli heinous war on the Gaza Strip.The two sides stressed the importance of reaching an immediate ceasefire, the release of all prisoners and detainees, the entry of necessary humanitarian and relief needs into Gaza and ending to the siege on it, ...

Oman, EU Stress Importance of Baking Efforts to Reach Ceasefire in Gaza

Oman, EU Stress Importance of Baking Efforts to Reach Ceasefire in GazaBrussels, 15 Feb (ONA) —— The 4th round of the political consultations session between the Sultanate of Oman and the European Union (EU) was held in Brussels today.The Omani side was chaired by Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al Harthy, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs, whilst the EU side was chaired by Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs.During the session, the two sides discussed relations and affirmed to continue promoting joint cooperation in various areas.They also touched ...