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The Taliban government on Sunday officially announced its intention to send a delegation to the upcoming Doha meeting on the situation in Afghanistan. Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told TOLOnews that the group believes their participation in the Qatar talks will benefit Afghanistan when it comes to humanitarian aid and investment. Meanwhile, the Taliban foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi clarified that the Taliban has agreed in principle to participate in the upcoming Doha meeting after reviewing the agenda and attendee list shared by the UN during discussions over the ...
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A 10-day UN climate conference in the German city of Bonn has failed to achieve a breakthrough when it comes to the issue of funding to help countries cut global warming. Since 2009, industrialized countries have been set the target of providing billions of dollars in aid to assist poorer countries with global warming mitigation measures. This was confirmed in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and extended to 2025. The targeted amount of $100 billion annually was achieved for the first time in 2022. The question now is how to proceed after 2025, with a concrete decision to be taken at COP 29 in...
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A 10-day UN climate conference in the German city of Bonn has failed to achieve a breakthrough when it comes to the issue of funding to help countries cut global warming. Since 2009, industrialized countries have been set the target of providing billions of dollars in aid to assist poorer countries with global warming mitigation measures. This was confirmed in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and extended to 2025. The targeted amount of $100 billion annually was achieved for the first time in 2022. The question now is how to proceed after 2025, with a concrete decision to be taken at COP 29 in...
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The Palestinians plan to join South Africa's genocide lawsuit against Israel currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah has applied to join the case, the court announced in The Hague on Monday evening. The ministry requested this on behalf of Palestine, which is not yet recognized as a state by the United Nations; instead it has observer status at the UN. It is unclear when the court will rule on the Palestinian application. If it were to approve it, the Palestinian authorities would be allowed to actively participate in the proceedi...
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UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the world "cannot afford to stumble" as climate experts gathered in the German city of Bonn on Monday for the UN's annual June climate meetings. Opening the conference, Stiell said "climate action will need to move at a much, much faster pace" if the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to be achieved. He added that the world is currently on course for 2.7 degrees of global heating, down from initial estimates of 5 degrees before international co-operation to tackle climate change began under the UN's leadership. The meeting in Bonn is cr...
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UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the world "cannot afford to stumble" as climate experts gathered in the German city of Bonn on Monday for the UN's annual June climate meetings. Opening the conference, Stiell said "climate action will need to move at a much, much faster pace" if the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to achieved. He added that the world is currently on course for 2.7 degrees of global heating, down from initial estimates of 5 degrees before international co-operation to tackle climate change began under the UN's leadership. The meeting in Bonn is cruci...
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Europe has put pressure on Israel to comply with the top UN court's ruling to end its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, even though Israel has said it will ignore the judgment handed down in the Dutch city of The Hague. "We take note of the order" given to Israel on Friday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote on X on Saturday. "ICJ [International Court of Justice] orders are binding on the Parties and they have to be fully and effectively implemented." Even before the ruling, Israel had faced weeks of admonishment by the United States and European capitals over its...
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German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Saturday criticized Israel's actions in Gaza, describing its military operation in Rafah as contrary to international law. "The famine, the suffering of the Palestinian population and the attacks in the Gaza Strip are - as we are now seeing in court - incompatible with international law," Habeck said in Berlin, referring to a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) calling on Israel to end its offensive in Rafah. Habeck said that the German government believes "that Israel must not carry out this attack, at least not in the way it did in the ...
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Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Saturday demanded that Israel obey an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling calling for an immediate halt to its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Writing on the social media platform X, Albares said the ICJ ruling was "mandatory" and demanded "a ceasefire, the release of hostages and humanitarian access." "The suffering of the people in the Gaza Strip and the violence must end," he added. Spain has been one of the harshest critics in Europe of Israel's actions in Gaza. Madrid suspended all arms exports to Israel short...
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A United Nations court order for Israel to stop its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah must be obeyed, the European Union's foreign affairs chief said on Saturday. "We take note of the order" handed down to Israel, Josep Borrell said on X. "ICJ [International Court of Justice] orders are binding on the Parties and they have to be fully and effectively implemented." The ICJ - the UN's top court based in the Dutch city of The Hague - on Friday ordered Israel to immediately cease its attack on the city. The operation is officially directed at the Palestinian militant group Hama...
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