S. Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain Yoon
S. Korean anti-corruption agency receives new court warrant to detain Yoon

South Koreas anti-corruption agency said it received a new court warrant on Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which plans to...

Delivering aid to Gaza ‘has become almost impossible’: UN
Delivering aid to Gaza ‘has become almost impossible’: UN

Tom Fletcher, who heads the UNs humanitarian agency (OCHA), has urged governments to break the cycle of violence and defend humanitarian law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. The UN official made the comments after visiting Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to meet aid teams,...

Ukraine’s reformed military procurement agency drives its NATO ambitions
Ukraine’s reformed military procurement agency drives its NATO ambitions

Ukraines Defense Ministry unveiled a new state agency for its armed forces last year. It was the governments answer to the rampant corruption within the ministrys procurement companies, and meant to be a driver of reform on the elusive path toward NATO membership. The enterprise, in charge of...

Severe food shortages, price spikes in Syria: UN
Severe food shortages, price spikes in Syria: UN

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said there are food shortages for staples like bread, oil, and sugar in big cities, including Damascus, Deir Az Zor, and Hama. The price of bread in Idlib and Aleppo cities has increased by 900 percent between November...

Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says
Almost 100 Gaza food aid lorries violently looted, UN agency says

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported that a convoy of 109 aid trucks carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday. Ninety-seven of the lorries were lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after passing through the Israeli-controlled Kerem...

Saudi Arabia, Spain condemn Israel’s attacks
Saudi Arabia, Spain condemn Israel’s attacks

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced in the strongest terms what it called Israels continued and systematic targeting of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), including its workers and facilities, reports Al Jazeera. It noted the latest Israeli attack on the UNRWA-run Abu...

State news agency reports Israeli strike in Syria
State news agency reports Israeli strike in Syria

Syrian state media reported an Israeli strike on Saturday on the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib that injured soldiers and caused damage, reports BSS. At around 00:45 after midnight, the Israeli army launched an air aggression from the direction of southeast Aleppo, targeting a number of sites...