The emir of Qatar will attend the UN General Assembly in New York

Amiri Diwan of Qatar announced on Sunday that Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani of Qatar had departed for New York to attend a forthcoming UN General Assembly meeting.

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip nears its two-year mark, world leaders are assembling in New York. In the Palestinian enclave, a worldwide hunger monitor has warned that starvation has set in and is expected to spread by the end of the month, escalating the humanitarian disaster.