UN and Red Cross step up call for international rules on ‘killer robot’ weapons systems - AP News

UN and Red Cross step up call for international rules on ‘killer robot’ weapons systems  AP News

Israeli forces block Palestinian American Lou Ridi from walking on his land

Israeli forces told Palestinian American Lou Ridi he cannot walk on his own land in Qusra, while settlers roam freely.

UN and Red Cross call for urgent negotiations to restrict use of autonomous weapons

States meet in Geneva next week amid mounting concerns over the role of AI-assisted semi-autonomous weapons that have been used in conflicts

By Emma Farge

UN warns humanity is ‘dangerously close’ to handing kill decisions to machines

The United Nations and the International Red Cross are urging countries to adopt bans and restrictions on autonomous weapons systems, often called killer robots

By Paul Farrell

UN warns world is ‘dangerously close’ to letting machines autonomously target and kill humans

International efforts have produced few limits as military technology advances at “record speed” amid conflicts from Ukraine to Sudan

By The Associated Press

MV Ocean Winner: Empty lifeboat located in Bay of Bengal, 22 crew still missing

The bulk carrier, carrying about 71,200 metric tonnes of iron ore fines from Paradip port in Odisha to China, sank around 290 nautical miles off Paradip

Hamas and Dahlan’s factions seek alliance that could reshape Palestinian elections and weaken Abbas

A Palestinian figure who attended the Cairo anti-Abbas coalition meeting confirmed that no final decision has been made but added that the aim is clear.

"Outrageous": UN On Israeli Threat To Expel Gazans Over Children Flying Kite

Israel warned Hamas on Sunday that it would step up operations in Gaza if launches of kites, drones and balloons towards Israel continued, after a recent increase in such incidents. Hamas has denied responsibility.

Israeli fire kills two young children in Gaza, medics say

Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed two young children and at least two other Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials in the territory said. Medics and relatives said ten-year-old Amal Abu Khater was hit by a bullet in her back while she was eating inside her family’s tent in the enclave’s southern city […]

Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas

Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas

Gaza parents have been warned to stop their children flying kites in the war-ravaged enclave, after Israel threatened a forceful response if the Hamas militant group revives a tactic of launching incendiary kites over the border.

By Reuters

UN and Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons

'We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: the autonomous targeting of humans by machines,' part of a joint statement by the United Nations and the Red Cross reads

By Reuters

UN, Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons - The Jakarta Post

UN, Red Cross call for urgent rules on autonomous weapons  The Jakarta Post

Red Cross head says aftershocks of Strait of Hormuz closure will still be felt in 2027

By Ramola Talwar Badam

Israel threats over kite-flying ‘outrageous’: UN

The United Nations on Aug. 25 slammed Israel’s threat to expel people from areas where kites, drones and balloons are launched from in Gaza, lamenting “unacceptable rhetoric” coming from Israeli leaders.

Israeli settlers attack AFP journalists reporting on settler violence in West Bank - War on Gaza - War on Gaza - Ahram Online

Israeli settlers attack AFP journalists reporting on settler violence in West Bank - War on Gaza - War on Gaza  Ahram Online

Netanyahu Claims 'Iran Tried To Assassinate One Of My Sons'

Netanyahu Claims 'Iran Tried To Assassinate One Of My Sons' Previously, Iranian state media aired images which appeared to threaten President Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, and following this Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be seizing the moment. Netanyahu has claimed in a phone interview with Israel's Channel 14 on Monday that Iran tried to assassinate one of his two sons. "Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill, to murder one of my sons," he cl...

By Tyler Durden

Israel threatens to expel Gazans over children's kites, UN cries foul

Children flying kites over war-ravaged Gaza have become the focus of a new Israeli warning of forced displacement, drawing sharp condemnation Tuesday from the U.N. Human Rights Off...

Myanmar rights crisis hits new low, Rohingya among worst affected: UN - The Daily Star

Myanmar rights crisis hits new low, Rohingya among worst affected: UN  The Daily Star

Malaysia’s SMART rescue team prepares for United Nations reclassification, aims to retain status

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 25 — The Malaysian Special Search and Rescue Team (SMART) is determined to retain its Heavy Urban S...

Trump-Netanyahu’s war crimes against the environment

TEHRAN – By launching an unwarranted war on Iran on Feb. 28, the United States under Donald Trump and Israel under Benjamin Netanayahu simultaneously launched war crimes against the environment.

UN and Red Cross warn ’risks have intensified,’ urge regulation of killer robots - Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka

UN and Red Cross warn ’risks have intensified,’ urge regulation of killer robots  Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka

Netanyahu confirms evacuation of UNRWA facilities

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that the country's authorities started evacuating facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jerusalem.