The United Nations said on Wednesday that Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza are at the root of Palestinian hardship. “Occupation policies and practices remain the key cause of humanitarian needs in the occupied Palestinian territories,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in ...
South Korea’s parliament on Wednesday approved Lee Nak-Yon as the country’s new prime minister, paving the way for President Moon Jae-In to replace ministers appointed by his ousted predecessor Park Geun-Hye. The National Assembly voted 164 to 20 in favor of Lee, a journalist-turned-politician, as new prime minister, amid a ...
