Eri Kaneko

UN Offers To Help Resolve Qatar Row

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The United Nations on Friday offered to step in to help resolve a deepening crisis in the Gulf after Qatar was confronted with a list of demands from its neighbors, including the closure of Al-Jazeera television. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres earlier this week had been adamant that Kuwait was best placed to lead efforts to … Read more

UN Rejects Israeli Accusations of Hezbollah Posing As Green NGO

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The United Nations on Friday rejected Israeli claims that Lebanese Hezbollah militants were establishing observation posts along the border under the cover of an environmental NGO. The Israeli military on Thursday published pictures of a building near the Israeli-Lebanese border supposedly controlled by an organisation called Green Without Borders. The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL reported … Read more