Human Rights

RAMALLAH, June 17 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry, accused Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of misleading the world, regarding his government’s plan, to annex Palestinian lands.

“Netanyahu is trying to mislead the world’s public opinion, and the international officials, to facilitate the process of marketing his planned annexation of parts of the West Bank,” the ministry said.

“He wants to soften international reactions and positions, and dismantle international consensus that clearly rejects the annexation plan.”

Srinagar, Jun 16 (UMMN): Three Kashmiris were killed on Tuesday in an encounter with Indian security forces in Shopian dist of Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

16 June 2020; MEMO: The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation yesterday warned that more than 50,000 children under the age of five could die this year in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) due to the disruption in the health systems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

16 June 2020; MEMO: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has sparked outrage among campaigners over his decision yesterday to remove the Saudi-led coalition against Yemen from a UN blacklist, which had previously named and shamed the kingdom for killing and injuring children in the war-torn country.

16 June 2020; MEMO: Chief of Israeli Mossad, Yossi Cohen, is set to visit Arab countries to persuade them to accept the planned annexation of the occupied West Bank, Al-Rai Al-Youm reported yesterday.

Quoting Israeli TV Channel 11, the Arabic paper said Cohen would visit both Arab countries with and those that do not have relations with Israel in order to discuss the plan which Israel is set to put into place next month.

Raipur, Jun 16 (PTI) Nearly 3.75 lakh migrant workers and others from Chhattisgarh, who were stranded in various parts of the country due to the lockdown, have returned to their home state so far, a government official said on Tuesday.

Of these, 1,06,928 migrant workers returned by 78 Shramik Special trains, the others returned by various other modes of transport and some even walked back home, he said.

The first Shramik Special train arrived in the state on May 10.

BRUSSELS, June 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU), voiced concerns over Israel’s plan to annex the West Bank, at a video conference Monday, with U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who “has not accepted or refused anything.”

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said, the move could affect the prospects of a two-state solution and regional stability.

JERUSALEM, June 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Israel’s military said, war jet and tanks, on Monday night, attacked sites in the Gaza Strip, belonging to Hamas, citing an earlier rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.

A military spokesperson said, an aircraft hit a “Hamas infrastructure, used for underground activity in the southern Gaza Strip.” In addition, “IDF’s (Israel Defence Forces) tanks targeted Hamas military posts,” the statement read.

Earlier on Monday night, militants in Gaza fired a rocket, hitting an open field in southern Israel, without causing injuries.

GENEVA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, urged the United States to make immediate structural reforms, to end racial discrimination and to uphold its obligations under the relevant international conventions.

15 June 2020; MEMO: The UN Security Council is scheduled to convene on 24 June at foreign minister level to discuss Israel’s plan to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority’s Observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, announced yesterday.