U.N. Gives Saudi Arabia Leadership Role on Women’s Rights Commission
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.N. was elected chair of the Commission on the Status of Women despite the kingdom’s abysmal record.
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.N. was elected chair of the Commission on the Status of Women despite the kingdom’s abysmal record.
Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday inaugurated two new additions to the Taiwanese navy, a pair of indigenously produced corvettes with stealth capabilities that were designed to threaten much larger ships, including aircraft carriers.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping met with a group of visiting U.S. business leaders in Beijing on Wednesday, making a bid to lure much-needed foreign investment back into China’s flagging economy. Xi promised the economy would stabilize, and said overseas businessmen need not fear persecution by his authoritarian government.
Russian oil firms are reportedly having trouble collecting payments from customers in China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because buyers have grown more nervous about triggering U.S. sanctions against Russia.
The Lowy Institute of Australia published a report on Wednesday that found China’s funding for its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Southeast Asia is about $50 billion short of its commitments, apparently due to a variety of causes, from political instability in BRI countries to reduced demand for fossil fuel projects.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Assimi Goita, the interim president of Mali, to talk about building a closer relationship.
The government of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Tuesday relaxed Japan’s export controls on defense equipment.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh traveled to Tehran on Tuesday for meetings with senior Iranian officials, a day after the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Israel’s campaign against the terrorist organization Haniyeh leads.
Chinese author Liu Cixin’s monumental science fiction book The Three Body Problem, which has now been adapted into a Netflix series under the punchier title “3 Body Problem,” has a little something to annoy just about everyone – from climate change activists to skeptics, Chinese Communists to anti-communists, nationalists to open-borders fanatics. It is a big story with big ideas, and like most great works of fiction, not even the author can fully control how its events are interpreted.
British border police allegedly harassed two brothers who survived the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre at a music festival in Israel.
New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) revealed on Monday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers attacked two computer systems used by the New Zealand Parliament in 2021.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday passed a non-binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
International humanitarian experts said on Friday that Haiti’s gang war has pushed food insecurity to record levels.
Japan’s Toei Animation announced on Friday that a unit of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will build the world’s first theme park based on the immensely popular Dragon Ball franchise.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen launched missiles at a Chinese-owned oil tanker, seemingly violating a promise of safe passage.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly ambush on a military convoy in Niger, in which 23 soldiers were killed and 17 wounded.
Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong was abruptly removed from office on Thursday for allegedly violating the rules of the Communist Party.
Representatives from China and Russia worked out a deal for safe passage with the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.
The Ukrainian government is reportedly considering an end to its “International Sponsors of War” blacklist, which lists major companies that are passively funding the Russian invasion by continuing to do business in Russia, because China and France strongly object to the naming and shaming of their corporations.
Russia on Friday began a sham three-day election engineered to give President Vladimir Putin another six years in power, with any likely rivals long since intimidated into dropping out, jailed, or killed.
Scientists at China’s Air Force Medical University reportedly performed the world’s first successful transplant of a pig liver into a human.
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor says citizens who fight on Israel’s behalf in the Gaza war will be arrested.
Haitian gang lord Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier threatened the families of anyone who joins the Biden-backed “transitional council.”
A consulting firm called Gladstone AI published a report commissioned by the State Department this week that recommended more government involvement with the development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) to avert “urgent and growing risks to national security,” which could metastasize into an “extinction-level threat to the human species.”
The McDonald’s fast-food chain suffered a worldwide system failure on Friday that knocked out the ordering system in many of its restaurants.
The U.S. Southern Command deployed Marine counter-terrorism specialists to protect the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, hoping to broker peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, warned on Tuesday that negotiations will only be possible if NATO avoids antagonizing Russia by expanding its membership and influence.
Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in Nigeria are threatening to kill the hostages unless a ransom is paid.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to be preparing for another military incursion into the border regions of Syria and Iraq to fight the PKK, a violent Kurdish separatist group seen by Erdogan’s government as the primary threat to Turkey’s security.
American missionaries trapped in Haiti pleaded for rescue on Tuesday, reporting constant gunfire and corpses in the streets.
Haitian gang leader Izo has a resume that includes kidnapping, extortion, savage murders, and a YouTube award for one of his music videos.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said on Monday that it terminated a visit to a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia because USCIRF Chairman Abraham Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi, was asked to remove his kippah head covering.
The Indian government announced plans to implement a controversial 2019 law that fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim refugees.
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau director says China will increase intimidation efforts against Lai Ching-te’s administration.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi used his Ramadan holiday message on Monday to urge Muslim nations to set aside their differences and unite to fight Israel and the “arrogant powers” of the Western world.
Egypt is selling real estate to the United Arab Emirates for $24 billion to make up for the Suez Canal shortfall from Houthi terrorism.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday announced that a group of Russian warships has arrived in Iranian waters for participation in a joint exercise with Iran and China called “Maritime Security Belt 2024.”
Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, Aramco, on Sunday reported near-record profits of $121 billion in 2023. The eye-catching total might seem a bit surprising given media narratives that fossil fuels are on the way out, but Aramco found demand for oil stronger than ever, albeit distributed somewhat differently than in years past.
The U.S. Southern Command airlifted non-essential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and sent more troops to the embassy to provide security.
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation has opened a case against human traffickers luring Indians to fight for Russia in Ukraine.