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Australia announces intention to recognise a Palestinian state

PM Anthony Albanese (Photo by ABC News: Nick Haggarty Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at next month's 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Countries including France, the United Kingdom, and Canada have already announced their plans to formally recognise Palestine as a state in the hopes of bringing peace to the Middle East. Albanese described the decision as part […]

today11 August, 2025

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UN chief warns of ‘breaking point’ in Israel-Palestine conflict

UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaking at the United Nations peace conference in New York. Photo: Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has reaffirmed his country's support for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine at the United Nations peace conference in New York. He praised France and Saudi Arabia for co-hosting the event and called on fellow UN […]

today29 July, 2025

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Is the UN Failing in Gaza?

In Gaza, access to water is so restricted that in Khan Younis, a city in the south of the enclave, 600 people are said to be sharing one toilet. The United Nations remains the main lifeline in the Palestinian territory since the Israeli-Hamas war began, but could the organization be doing more to end the war? UNRWA   By Dawn Clancy   As the war on Gaza enters its seventh […]

today7 May, 2024