Israel’s military has killed dozens more Palestinians across Gaza in its latest attacks, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “finish the job” against Hamas during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.Medical sources told Al Jazeera that 60 people were killed across the besieged and bombarded Palestinian territory on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAt least 30 of the victims were killed in Gaza City, where Israel has escalated its attacks since launching a ground operation on September 16.Locations including al-Wehda Street, the Shati camp and the Nassr neighbourhood were struck on Friday. One attack also hit the residential Remal neighbourhood in the west of the city.From Remal, Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reported that the attack happened without prior warning, and that Palestinian civilians were searching through the rubble of a building looking for survivors while medical teams took away the bodies of the dead.“This residential neighbourhood is still packed with many people who have chosen to stay,” al-Khalili said.“The situation has gone from bad to worse in light of the escalation of Israeli attacks targeting different sites and locations,” he added.Amid the increased bombardment, Israel carried out “an air strike every eight or…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Security Council votes against delaying reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.Published On 26 Sep 202526 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution drafted by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran.In a 4-9 vote, with two abstentions, world leaders on Friday opted to reimpose sanctions owing to Iran’s nuclear programme. The sanctions are set to snap back as of 8 p.m. EST on Saturday.France, Germany, and Britain have accused Tehran of violating the 2015 deal geared to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons.Russian and Chinese diplomats on Friday pushed for the Security Council to delay the return of sanctions, but they failed to sway enough of the other members.Russia’s deputy UN envoy, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told the chamber that Iran had done all it could to accommodate Europeans, but that Western powers had refused to compromise.But Jérôme Bonnafont, the permanent representative of France to the UN in New York, refuted that and said Iran had not taken any serious steps to avoid the renewal of sanctions.Bonnafont added, however, that diplomacy should continue and that the reimposition of sanctions…

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will impose a 100 percent import tax on pharmaceutical drugs. He also announced new tariffs on other products.Here’s what we know, and what it all means.What pharma tariffs has Trump announced?In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump wrote that starting on October 1, the United States will impose a 100 percent tariff on any branded or patented pharmaceutical product.The 100 percent tariff means prices of imported pharmaceutical products will double for American importers and consumers.However, Trump said an exception would be made for any company which “IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America”.He explained that “is building” refers to “‘breaking ground’ and/or ‘under construction’.”Trump did not specify whether the new tariffs he is announcing will be applied on top of the national tariffs he has previously imposed on various US trading partners.Where does the US import pharmaceutical products from?Pharmaceutical products, including packaged medicaments; vaccines, toxins and cultures; and hormones, made up for about 5.6 percent of total US imports in 2023, worth around $158bn, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC).During that year, the US imported $86.4bn worth of packaged medicaments. About 14.2 percent, or $12.3bn…