General Assembly adopts resolution on UN-SCO cooperation with overwhelming support
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution with overwhelming support on cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The resolution, introduced by China and co-sponsored by nearly 40 countries, including all SCO member states, highly commends the constructive role of the SCO in promoting regional peace, development, mutual trust and cooperation.
The resolution speaks highly of the SCO's efforts in supporting the work of the United Nations and expresses support for strengthened dialogue and collaboration between the UN and the SCO.
Trump says not to attend G20 summit in South Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he would not attend the G20 summit in South Africa later this year, but planned to send Vice President JD Vance in his place.
He also said the United States will host next year's G20 at his golf club, Trump National Doral, near Miami.
"It's right next to the airport. It's the best location. It's beautiful," he told reporters in the Oval Office, adding that his family business "will not make any money on it."
Israeli army announces new humanitarian zone in Gaza Strip
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Saturday announced a new humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza Strip ahead of its planned operation to capture Gaza City in the north.
The designated humanitarian zone was set in Khan Younis, "in light of the expansion of the ground operation in Gaza City and the takeover of Hamas strongholds as part of Operation Gideon's Chariots II," an IDF statement read.
The IDF said that the newly designated area contains key humanitarian infrastructure, including field hospitals, water pipelines and desalination facilities, while also ensuring the continued delivery of food, tents, medicines and medical equipment.
Rafah crossing not passage for displacing Palestinians: Egyptian FM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Saturday reaffirmed that the Rafah crossing, the only channel linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip, will not be a passage for displacing the Palestinians from their land.
In a joint press conference with Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Abdelatty explained that "the Rafah crossing is only for the delivery of aid, not displacement."
"It's absurd to say that the Palestinian people want to leave their land, but rather they are driven by a policy of starvation," he added.
Iran's FM says Tehran, IAEA "very close" to agreeing on new cooperation framework
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are "very close" to agreeing on a new framework for the resumption of bilateral cooperation.
He made the remarks at a conference in Tehran while commenting on the future cooperation between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, as well as the results of a new round of talks between the two sides, which began in Vienna on Friday, according to the official news agency IRNA.
"As far as I know, good negotiations have been held and we are very close to arriving at a new cooperation framework with the agency itself," said Araghchi.■
