US vetoes UN resolution condemning Hamas' attacks on Israel and all violence against civilians
United Nations, (AP): The United States vetoed a UN resolution Wednesday that would have condemned Hamas' attacks against Israel and all violence against civilians and urged humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.
The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 12 votes in favour, the United States against and two abstentions.
US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said after the vote that President Joe Biden is in the region engaging in diplomacy "and we need that diplomacy to play out."
She also criticised the resolution for not saying anything about Israel's right to self-defense.
Before the vote on the resolution sponsored by Brazil, council members rejected two Russian amendments, one calling for a "humanitarian cease-fire" and the other condemning indiscriminate attacks on civilians and "civilian objects" in Gaza, which include hospitals and schools. (AP)
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'NATO air defences intercept third ballistic missile over Turkiye since start of Iran war'
Istanbul (AP): NATO defences on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran over Turkiye, the Defense Ministry said.
It marked the third such incident since the start of the Iran war.
Turkiyes Defence Ministry said the missile was destroyed by NATO air defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean. Residents in the southern city of Adana reported hearing a loud explosion and sirens sounding at Incirlik Air Base, which is used by US forces, in the early hours of Friday.
No casualties were reported.
This week, NATO deployed an additional Patriot air defense system in the southeastern province of Malatya, where the Kurecik radar station is based.
The Defence Ministry stressed Thursday that Incirlik is a Turkish base – and that the foreign troop presence doesn't alter the base's status – in an apparent response to warnings from Tehran to regional countries not to host US military bases.
