UN experts call for arms embargo against Israel

Independent UN experts are calling for an arms embargo against Israel, stating that exporting countries risk violating international humanitarian law if the weapons supplied are used in the Gaza war, they said in Geneva on Friday. All states must ensur…

Biden announces more than 500 new sanctions on Russia

US President Joe Biden announced on Friday more than 500 new sanctions on Russia in response to the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and a day before the second anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. “Today, I am announcin…

Russia expands entry bans in reaction to EU sanctions

Russia has slapped entry bans on representatives of European law enforcement agencies, trade organizations and EU citizens of countries providing military support to Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday in response to new EU sanctions. How…

Five dead as migrant boat capsizes off Malta’s coast

Five people died and eight were injured when a migrant boat capsized off Malta on Friday morning. The boat was carrying 34 people from Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Syria when it capsized within the confines of an offshore fish farm, roughly 3.5 nautica…

Biden announces more than 500 new sanctions on Russia

US President Joe Biden announced on Friday more than 500 new sanctions on Russia in response to the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and a day before the second anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. “Today, I am announcin…