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UN chief refutes allegations of justifying Hamas attacks

STORY: UN chief refutes allegations of justifying Hamas attacks DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General 3. various of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres STORYLINE: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday strongly refuted the "false" assertion made by senior Israeli diplomats, who accused him of endorsing the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in a statement he presented to the Security Council. Addressing Tuesday's debate at the Security Council on the worsening crisis in Israel and Palestine, the UN chief said that although nothing could justify the "appalling" attacks by Hamas on Oct. 7 which triggered the siege and bombardment of Gaza, it is important to recognize they "did not happen in a vacuum" and did not justify the collective punishment of Palestinians. Following Guterres' briefing on Tuesday, Israel's permanent representative

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UN-GUTERRES-PRESS BRIEFING

(231025) -- UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press briefing outside the Security Council Chamber at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct. 25, 2023. Guterres on Wednesday strongly refuted the "false" assertion made by senior Israeli diplomats, who accused him of endorsing the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in a statement he presented to the Security Council. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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UN-GUTERRES-PRESS BRIEFING

(231025) -- UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press briefing outside the Security Council Chamber at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct. 25, 2023. Guterres on Wednesday strongly refuted the "false" assertion made by senior Israeli diplomats, who accused him of endorsing the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in a statement he presented to the Security Council. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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UN-GUTERRES-PRESS BRIEFING

(231025) -- UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press briefing outside the Security Council Chamber at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct. 25, 2023. Guterres on Wednesday strongly refuted the "false" assertion made by senior Israeli diplomats, who accused him of endorsing the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in a statement he presented to the Security Council. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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Egypt urges Ethiopia not to evade obligations to Nile downstream countries over GERD dam operation

STORY: Egypt urges Ethiopia not to evade obligations to Nile downstream countries over GERD dam operation DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. shots of the headquarters of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. shots of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam STORYLINE: Egypt on Wednesday urged Ethiopia to respect the Nile River downstream countries' water rights over the handling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said in a statement that the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has made a "misleading" assertion by saying agreements signed in the colonial period were "defunct." He urged the Ethiopian side to stop using such a claim to evade its international obligations to downstream countries over its operation of GERD. On Monday, the Ethiopian ministry issued a statement protesting a new resolution adopted by the Arab League (AL) calling on Ethiopia to abandon its "unilateral filling and

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China rejects Japan's criticism

BEIJING, China - Hua Chunying, spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on July 9, 2013. Hua rejected the assertion in a Japanese defense white paper that China is engaged in "dangerous" maritime activities, saying Chinese maritime operations are based on international and domestic laws.

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'Faster-than-light' claim for subatomic particles withdrawn

KYOTO, Japan - A researcher of the international team OPERA gives a presentation of verification experiments at an international conference in Kyoto on June 8, 2012. The research group retracted its claim that subatomic particles known as neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light, following its own verification experiment in May which did not support the assertion.

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Japan rebuts N. Korean criticism over DNA tests

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to a reporter after his talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Feb. 10. The Foreign Ministry presented its case to rebut North Korea's recent assertion that the Japanese government fabricated DNA test results on the cremated remains Pyongyang said belonged to a Japanese abductee.

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Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their talks on March 15, 2016, in Tokyo. They expressed "serious concern over the recent situation in the South China Sea," a veiled criticism against Beijing's aggressive assertion of territorial claims including its construction of islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (4th from front on L side) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front on R side) on March 15, 2016, in Tokyo. They expressed "serious concern over the recent situation in the South China Sea," a veiled criticism against Beijing's aggressive assertion of territorial claims including its construction of islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Groups blast "intrusive China" on Philippine Independence Day

People stage an anti-China protest in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on June 12, 2015, as the Philippines marked the 117th anniversary of the country's independence. The demonstration was held to "condemn China's aggressive assertion of its claims" in the South China Sea, especially its dredging and reclamation activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea condemns Japan for territorial claim over disputed islets

Kenji Kanasugi (C), minister at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, leaves the South Korean Foreign Ministry on April 7, 2015, after being summoned by Lee Sang Deok, director general of the ministry's Northeast Asian Affairs Bureau. South Korea lodged a protest regarding Japan's assertion of sovereignty in its annual foreign policy report over South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan rebuts N. Korean criticism over DNA tests

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks to a reporter after his talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Feb. 10. The Foreign Ministry presented its case to rebut North Korea's recent assertion that the Japanese government fabricated DNA test results on the cremated remains Pyongyang said belonged to a Japanese abductee. (Kyodo)

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Growing U.S.-Iran tension

Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen speaks about Iran's June 20 downing of a U.S. reconnaissance drone in the Strait of Hormuz at a press conference in U.N. headquarters in New York on June 24, 2019. Cohen said the drone had been over international waters in the Persian Gulf, an assertion contradicting Iran's claim that the drone had violated Iranian airspace when it was shot down. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pentagon chief inspects destroyer Izumo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (C) inspects Japan's helicopter-carrying destroyer Izumo at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Dec. 6, 2016. Given the growing nuclear assertion of North Korea, Carter stressed the need to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pentagon chief inspects destroyer Izumo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (C) inspects Japan's helicopter-carrying destroyer Izumo at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Dec. 6, 2016. Given the growing nuclear assertion of North Korea, Carter stressed the need to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo