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Ce jeudi se tient à Washington la session inaugurale du Conseil de paix. Cette organisation créée et présidée par Donald Trump initialement dans le but de superviser la reconstruction de Gaza ambition...

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While common Kashmiris wait for statehood that will empower the Omar Abdullah government they elected, families affected by the recent India-Pakistan war languish.

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New Delhi believed its own narrative – that peace had returned to the Kashmir Valley. That myth was shattered on April 22.

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<span class="field field-title">Israel's allowance of aid to Gaza 'matter of will', aid agencies say</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/yasmine-el-sabawi" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/yasmine-el-sabawi" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Yasmine El-Sabawi</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-07T22:45:34+00:00" title="7 March 2025 22:45 GMT">Fri, 03/07/2025 - 22:45</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Palestinian aid groups and their international counterparts working in the West Bank and Gaza released a joint statement on Friday calling Israel's blocking of aid into Gaza "a reckless escalation and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law", and that it is only a "matter of will" for Israel to re-open the crossings to trucks again.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The international community must act to end Israel’s deliberate obstruction of humanitarian relief, which amounts to collective punishment and the use of starvation as a weapon of war – a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions and a war crime under international law," the statement by the&nbsp;The Palestinian NGO Network and The Association of International Development Agencies said.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The recent ceasefire, though imperfect, provided a brief window for humanitarian operations to scale up... [and] Israel proved that enabling the delivery of aid was only a matter of will," the statement continued.&nbsp;</p> <p>"The claim that Gaza was 'flooded with aid' is both misleading and dangerous – while humanitarian actors worked to expand operations, the assistance that reached Gaza was nowhere sufficient to meet the overwhelming needs," the statement reads.&nbsp;</p> <p>"Humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip. It is a fundamental right."</p> </div>

The effort, however, comes at a time when major global powers – namely the U.S. – are pivoting away from the kind of U.N.-centered cooperative framework envisioned by Astana.

Thai officials say that scamming syndicates displaced by crackdowns in eastern Myanmar are relocating to the Thailand-Cambodia border area.

Europe feels the pressure as US cuts off foreign aid

Japan’s decades-long struggle to resolve the abduction issue faces another setback as families oppose the government’s latest strategy of opening new liaison offices.

Despite the gloom in New York, member state coalitions have responded to Security Council deadlock and other UN dysfunction with diplomatic innovations.