The Palestinian people continue to endure immense suffering. Israeli restrictions on humanitarian assistance must be lifted. The obstacles to implementation of the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict endorsed by the Security Council must be removed. Civilians must be protected. And international law must be respected. The two-State solution remains the only viable path: Israel & Palestine living side-by-side in peace & security.

We express our solidarity and are united in prayer for the Nepali people following the devastating floods. @StateDept stands ready to support the Government of Nepal with needed humanitarian assistance.

A good meeting with Prime Minister Luxembourg @LucFrieden. We discussed support in the fields of defense, energy, and social policy. Since the start of the full‑scale war, Luxembourg has provided Ukraine with substantial defense and humanitarian assistance — we are grateful for this consistent position. Today Ukraine offers partners practical solutions and opportunities for cooperation in defense production, digitalization, and reconstruction. I extend gratitude to Luc Frieden and Luxembourg for their interest in these proposals, for solidarity, and for sustained assistance to Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇱🇺

💬 #Fadeyev#: On July 30, 770 tonnes of yellow split peas were delivered to Mali in Bamako as part of Russia’s additional contribution to the @WFP. 🤝 Russia will continue providing humanitarian assistance to the friendly Republic of Mali. 🇷🇺🇲🇱 #RussiaMali# #RussiaHelps#

As many of you know, 2 earthquakes struck Venezuela. UNICEF estimates that 1.8 million people, (680,000 children) are in need of humanitarian assistance. If you are able to, please join me in supporting .@UNICEF BIG LOVE ❤️

Jay Tarriela has turned the office of a PCG spokesperson into a personal platform for anti-China propaganda. While Tarriela gets the attention he craves, it is the Filipino people who pay the price. First, Tarriela is bent on stirring up trouble and damaging China-Philippines relations. It is because of the attacks on the Chinese language education in the Philippines by anti-China forces like Jay Tarriela that the Chinese language teachers were forced to leave the Philippines. Filipino students lost the teachers and classes and in the long run more job opportunities. Second, Tarriela keeps stoking tensions in the South China Sea with provocative remarks, distorted facts, and misleading claims. Even China’s humanitarian assistance to Filipino fishermen was smeared by Tarriela as a “PR stunt”. Is he really concerned about the safety of Filipino fishermen and frontline personnel, or is he more interested in keeping himself in the spotlight? Third, obviously Tarriela is a faithful believer ofUS intelligence. Remember the small tube of white powder presented by US officials in the UN security council as the proof of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction? That’s how “accurate and reliable”US intelligence is. As former CIA director Mike Pompeo once said publicly “we lied, we cheated, we stole”.

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has activated SUNY Maritime College’s training ship Empire State VII for temporary federal service beginning around Sept. 1, according to the college. MARAD has given the vessel a notional mission duration of approximately 170 days, but has not publicly disclosed the mission or destination. The Maritime Executive reports that Diego Garcia is rumored as a possible destination, although that has not been confirmed. The activation is notable because Empire State is the first National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) to be activated for federal service. However, the use of training ships for federal missions is not unprecedented. Earlier vessels in the Empire State training-ship lineage, including Empire State VI, have previously been activated for federal service in support of government missions. The new Empire State was specifically designed with government missions in mind and can accommodate roughly 600 people, with capacity for up to 1,000, along with a full hospital. Those capabilities make the NSMV suitable for humanitarian assistance, logistics, evacuation or other government requirements. The timing is particularly notable because the ship had only returned to New York on July 16 after a two-month international training cruise and was beginning the new academic year. Approximately 400 incoming students had recently arrived and begun their training aboard the vessel. Source:

President Xi Jinping stressed that the Palestinian question is the core of the Middle East issue, and efforts to resolve it should be guided by four principles. 1️⃣ We must uphold political settlement, adhere to the two-State solution as the right direction, work for the resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel, and realize the early establishment of an independent State of Palestine. 2️⃣ We must uphold the principle of Palestinians governing Palestine. Palestine is the homeland of all Palestinians. The principle of Palestinians governing Palestine should be followed in advancing the governance of the West Bank and postwar reconstruction of Gaza. 3️⃣ We must uphold humanitarianism. The international community, particularly the U.N. Security Council, should truly take up the responsibility to keep civilians safe, ensure the delivery of humanitarian assistance, and put an end to humanitarian disasters. 4️⃣ We must uphold fairness and justice. We should act on the basis of international rule of law, aim at addressing both the symptoms and root causes, and take practical actions to realize a comprehensive, just and lasting resolution of the Palestinian question at an early date.