Palestine – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 29, 2025

Palestine News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 29, 2025.

New Zealand News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 29, 2025
New Zealand News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 29, 2025.

Politics News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 29, 2025
Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 29, 2025.

Defence News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 29, 2025
Defence News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 29, 2025.

Asia Pacific – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 29, 2025
Asia Pacific: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 29, 2025.

MIL-Evening Report: Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell When I despairingly contemplate the horrors and cruelty that Palestinians in Gaza are being subjected to, I sometimes try to put this in the context of where I live. I live on the Kāpiti Coast in the lower North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Geographically it is around the same size […]

MIL-OSI: Financial Institutions, Inc. Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) WARSAW, N.Y., May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Financial Institutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISI) (the “Company”), parent company of Five Star Bank and Courier Capital, LLC, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per outstanding common share. The Company also announced dividends of $0.75 per […]

MIL-OSI Russia: Hamas says it has reached agreement with US envoy on framework for Gaza ceasefire
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News GAZA, May 28 (Xinhua) — The Palestinian movement Hamas issued an official statement announcing that it had reached an agreement with U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle […]

MIL-OSI Russia: B. Netanyahu says Hamas leader in Gaza M. Sinwar killed in Israeli airstrike
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News JERUSALEM, May 28 (Xinhua) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday confirmed that Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip […]

MIL-OSI Security: Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Fraud Crimes
Source: Office of United States Attorneys CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Donald A. Ennis, 43, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $513,072.28 in restitution for two counts of wire fraud. Ennis admitted that he filed false […]

MIL-OSI Security: 14 Arrested on Complaints Alleging More Than $25 Million in COVID-19 Relief and Small Business Loans Were Fraudulently Obtained
Source: Office of United States Attorneys LOS ANGELES – Fourteen defendants – including San Fernando Valley and Glendale residents – were arrested on two federal criminal complaints alleging they fraudulently obtained more than $25 million in taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief funds and federally-guaranteed small business loans. The 18 total defendants named in the complaints – four […]

MIL-OSI Video: Palestine/Israel: ‘Two-State Solution on life support’- UN Special Coordinator Media Stakeout
Source: United Nations (Video News) Comments to the media by Sigrid Kaag, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viR_-O3tnSA MIL OSI Video –

MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Green transition – risk of a slowdown in economic development and job losses in eastern Europe – E-002055/2025
Source: European Parliament Question for written answer  E-002055/2025to the CommissionRule 144Claudiu-Richard Târziu (ECR) According to the World Bank, Romania needs to invest over 350 billion dollars by 2050 just to decarbonise its energy sector – an amount equating to approximately 4 % of its annual GDP. This reflects the enormous burden that the green transition […]

MIL-OSI USA: Larsen Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Rick Larsen (2nd Congressional District Washington) Today, Rep. Rick Larsen announced the launch of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge (CAC). The annual competition, which runs through Thursday, October 30, 2025, is open to high school and middle school students who live in or attend school in Washington […]

MIL-OSI USA: Governor Lamont Releases $30 Million for Infrastructure Improvements in 46 Small Towns
Source: US State of Connecticut (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is releasing $30 million in state grants to 46 small towns in Connecticut that will be used to complete a wide variety of infrastructure improvements, such as road safety reconstruction projects, emergency management upgrades, sidewalk and pedestrian safety enhancements, educational […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK Government must act now or be forever complicit in Gaza genocide
Source: Scottish Greens 28 May 2025 Peace Greens call on UK Government to stop supporting Israel’s genocide More in Peace The Scottish Greens co-leader, Patrick Harvie has called on the Labour Government to take immediate and decisive action to end its complicity in what legal experts and international observers increasingly describe as a genocide in […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Plaid Cymru leader meets EU ambassador to strengthen Wales-Europe ties
Source: Party of Wales Rhun ap Iorwerth says there is a ‘pro-European government in waiting’ in Wales Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has today met with the European Union’s Ambassador to the UK, Pedro Serrano, at Europe House in London to discuss strengthening Wales’s relationship with Europe and deepening cooperation in key areas. The […]

MIL-OSI Global: Why Islamic State is expanding its operations in north-eastern Nigeria
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Folahanmi Aina, Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), one of the most powerful global affiliates of the Islamic State jihadist organisation, is in the middle of its largest offensive against the Nigerian military in years. […]

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Israel must immediately let aid into Gaza and enable the UN to operate: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Speech Israel must immediately let aid into Gaza and enable the UN to operate: UK statement at the UN Security Council Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East. I thank Special Coordinator […]

MIL-OSI Africa: Concerns raised over social grant beneficiaries choosing bank accounts amid rising charges
Source: South Africa News Agency The North West Legislature Portfolio Committee on Health and Social Development has expressed concerns regarding the increasing number of social grant beneficiaries opting to receive their payments through personal bank accounts.  The committee said this decision could diminish the value of their grants because of the associated bank charges. The […]

MIL-OSI: STEALTHGAS INC. Reports First Quarter 2025 Financial and Operating Results
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) ATHENS, Greece, May 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — STEALTHGAS INC. (NASDAQ: GASS), a ship-owning company serving the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector of the international shipping industry, announced today its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Strong profitability continued for the […]