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An UNWRA worker seen in this photo. — courtesy Getty Images
Sweden and Canada resume funding for UN agency for Palestinian refugees
GAZA — Sweden and Canada have said they will resume aid payments to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.They were among 16 countries that paused funds after Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff of involvement in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.The UN is investigating, and France's foreign minister is leading a review.Sweden said on Saturday that it would send 200 million kronor (£15m; $19m) initially, after UNRWA agreed to more checks on its spending and staff."The government has allocated 400 million kronor to UNRWA for the year 2024. Today's decision concerns a first payment of 200 million kronor," it said in a statement.It comes after Canada said on Friday that it would re-start funding for UNRWA while investigations into the agency's staff continue.On...
March 09, 2024

Sweden and Canada resume funding for UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Picture of a crane loading a pallet of aid onto a ship belonging to Spanish charity Open Arms. — courtesy World Central Kitchen/Open Arms
Gaza aid ship expected to set sail from Cyprus
NICOSIA — A ship carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid is expected to set sail this weekend, bound for Gaza.The Spanish vessel, Open Arms, is scheduled to depart from Cyprus — the closest EU country to Gaza — and hopes to use a newly opened shipping route.With no functioning port and shallow waters, it is still unclear where the ship will dock when it reaches Gaza.The UN says a quarter of the Strip’s population is on the brink of famine and children are starving to death.The ship, expected to reach Gaza in the next few days, belongs to the Spanish charity of the same name, Open Arms.It will tow a barge loaded with 200 tons of food provided by US charity World Central Kitchen, Open Arms founder Oscar Camps told the Associated Press.The ship is expected to depart Cyprus’...
March 09, 2024

Gaza aid ship expected to set sail from Cyprus

Palestine Action says an activist ‘ruined’ Balfour painting in Trinity College, Cambridge. — courtesy Palestine Action
Lord Balfour: Pro-Palestinian protesters damage University of Cambridge painting
CAMBRIDGE — Police have launched an investigation after a painting of a politician, linked to the creation of Israel, was damaged.Palestine Action said one if its activists had “ruined” a 1914 painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, part of the University of Cambridge.A statement on the group’s website said the painting had been “slashed” and sprayed with red paint. Footage was also posted on social media.A Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said: “This afternoon we received an online report of criminal damage today to a painting at Trinity College, Cambridge.“Officers are attending the scene to secure evidence and progress the investigation. No arrests have been made at this stage.”Lord Balfour was foreign secretary in 1917 when a declaration was made pledging...
March 09, 2024

Lord Balfour: Pro-Palestinian protesters damage University of Cambridge painting

Destroyed buildings in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. — courtesy UN News/Аnna Radomska
Ukraine war: Alarm raised in Security Council over civilian attacks
KYIV — A recent sharp rise in deadly attacks against civilians in Ukraine and Russia, including by armed drones, run counter to international law and must end now, top UN officials told the Security Council on Friday afternoon.“We condemn all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure,” said Khaled Khiari, assistant secretary-general at the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.“They are prohibited under international law; they are unacceptable and must stop now.”“Regrettably, our repeated calls for protection of civilians appear to fall on deaf ears,” he said, pointing to the Ukrainian port city of Odesa which has become a frequent target of lethal missile and drone attacks in recent days and weeks.As the full-scale Russian invasion...
March 09, 2024

Ukraine war: Alarm raised in Security Council over civilian attacks

The weaponry delivered will include 1,000 one-way attack drones and models that target ships
UK to provide 10,000 drones to Ukraine as dismissed commander to become new ambassador
LONDON — The British government said on Thursday that it will provide 10,000 drones to Ukraine in its continued fight against the Russian invasion.The announcement was made by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps during a visit to Kyiv with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.The pledge corresponds to a new investment of £125 million (€146.3 million) on top of £200 million (€234.2 million) which had been previously committed to drones.The weaponry delivered will include 1,000 one-way attack drones and models that target ships.“Ukraine’s Armed Forces are using UK donated weapons to unprecedented effect, to help lay waste to nearly 30% of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet,” Shapps said.Zelenskyy also announced on Thursday that dismissed Ukrainian commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi will become...
March 08, 2024

UK to provide 10,000 drones to Ukraine as dismissed commander to become new ambassador

Sweden applied for membership of NATO after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Sweden formally joins NATO military alliance
STOCKHOLM — Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of NATO after it completed its accession process in Washington.The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that "unity and solidarity" would be Sweden's "guiding lights"."Good things come to those who wait," US Secretary of State Blinken said."Our defensive alliance is now stronger and larger than it's ever been," he added, thanking Sweden for its "resilience"."This has been a little bit of a road but we've known from day one that we would be here one day," Mr Blinken said.Nato Secretary-General...
March 07, 2024

Sweden formally joins NATO military alliance

Zelensky said the missile struck close to where he had been meeting with Mitsotakis, third from right
Deadly Russian missile struck 500 meters from Zelensky and Greek leader’s convoy
KYIV — A Russian missile exploded just 500 meters from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a deadly attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.A convoy carrying the leaders on a visit to the city felt the impact of the strike and the group saw a “mushroom cloud” of smoke, according to the source.Five people were killed in the strike and more were wounded, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, told CNN, though neither Zelensky or Mitsotakis were injured.Zelensky frequently makes high-risk trips to the front lines and has welcomed dozens of world leaders to Ukraine over more than two years of war with Russia, but Wednesday’s attack may represent one...
March 07, 2024

Deadly Russian missile struck 500 meters from Zelensky and Greek leader’s convoy

Freight carriages are lined up on the platforms at Kramatorsk station to provide cover from Russian attacks
Eastern Ukraine residents brace for Russian advance
ODESA — In eastern Ukraine, the tide of this war hasn't just changed — it's coming in fast."We know what's coming," says Mariya as she packs up the TV in her flat in Kostyantynivka. She's having it delivered to Kyiv before making the journey there with her son."We're tired all day [and suffer] moods and panic attacks. It's constantly depressing, and we're scared."In February, Russia captured the strategic town of Avdiivka. Since then, the invaders have advanced further west, and taken several villages.Ukraine says its forces are "holding on". But Russian troops are now attacking in five areas along the 1,100km (700 mile) front line.Over 1.2m people — or two thirds of the population — have left the Ukrainian-controlled...
March 07, 2024

Eastern Ukraine residents brace for Russian advance

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attend a joint press conference in Odesa on Wednesday. — courtesy Reuters
Explosions hit Odesa as Zelensky meets Greek PM
ODESA — Deadly explosions have rocked Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelensky was meeting Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.Ukraine's navy says five people were killed. The BBC has been told no-one from either delegation was hurt.Mitsotakis said the pair heard the sound of sirens and explosions.President Zelensky said Russia had "either gone crazy or they don't control what their terrorist army is doing".During a joint news conference, the Greek prime minister said "we heard the sound of sirens and explosions that took place near us. We did not have time to get to a shelter.""It is a very intense experience... It's really different to read about the war in newspapers, and to hear it with your own ears, see it with your own...
March 06, 2024

Explosions hit Odesa as Zelensky meets Greek PM

Navalny's widow urges Russians to protest against Putin on election day
Navalny’s widow urges Russians to protest on election day
MOSCOW — Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has called for an election day protest against President Vladimir Putin.As part of the protest, people should form long queues at polling stations on March 17 at midday, Navalnaya said."We need to use the election day to show that we exist and there are many of us," she said in a video message.Navalnaya's husband died suddenly at a Russian penal colony on Feb, 16. She has blamed Putin for his death.Her call for a polling day protest has been dubbed "Midday against Putin".Russia's presidential election — which most international observers do not believe will be free or fair — will take place from March 15 to 17. Putin is widely expected to win a fifth term in office.Navalnaya...
March 06, 2024

Navalny’s widow urges Russians to protest on election day

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