The United Nations Human Rights Council began its 51st session on Monday with a new high commissioner and under heavy global scrutiny following the recent publication of a report on the Uyghur genocide in China that notably did not use the word “genocide” to describe Beijing’s campaign in East Turkistan.
China’s Global Times government propaganda outlet marked the 21st anniversary of the al-Qaeda attacks on America with a column on Sunday condemning America for allegedly causing “tremendous suffering” globally in the aftermath of the attacks.
Seven of the 19 Islamic terrorists who hijacked commercial planes on September 11, 2001 (9/11), killing nearly 3,000 Americans, remained in the United States after overstaying their visas thanks to a wide-open loophole that continues to allow about 685,000 illegal aliens to stay in the U.S.
Queen Elizabeth, who passed away Thursday at the age of 96, after more than 70 years on the throne, is remembered fondly by many Americans, not least because of her expression of solidarity with the American people after the terror attacks of 9/11.
The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against four Iranian companies and one individual involved in designing, producing, and shipping unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia for use against Ukraine.
The governments of Latin America offered solemn condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and the Royal Family over the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, paying their respects to Britain’s longest-ever reigning monarch.
China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Chen Xu, said on Friday that his government will no longer cooperate with the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) following its release of a report on China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province.
The Solomon Islands Parliament on Thursday voted to postpone the next general election until late April 2024, roughly seven months behind schedule. Opposition leaders blasted the move as an unconstitutional power grab by pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who claimed the delay was necessary because the island nation will host the Pacific Games in November 2023.
North Korean state media reported on Friday that dictator Kim Jong-un signed a law making the Communist tyranny’s march to nuclear weapons “irreversible,” banning all further denuclearization talks with the outside world, and mandating an immediate nuclear attack if Kim or other top officials is harmed by foreign powers.
Ukraine claimed a military breakthrough against Russian invaders as the U.S. unveiled another $2.8 billion in military aid.
A Palestinian terrorist armed with an improvised submachine gun and two bombs was arrested by police officers in the central city of Jaffa on Thursday, on his way to carrying out a “massacre” in Tel Aviv, police said.
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled Wednesday that it lacks the legal authority to dissolve Parliament, as demanded by Shiite nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The much-anticipated ruling sets the stage for a showdown between Sadr’s followers and other factions, as Iraq approaches one full year without a functional government.
The Chinese mega-city of Chengdu extended its week-long coronavirus lockdown on Thursday, trapping some 16 million of the city’s residents in quarantine indefinitely. Many other Chinese cities remain under lockdown or travel restrictions, making prospects grim for this weekend’s Mid-Autumn Festival, which is usually one of China’s biggest travel, tourism, and shopping holidays.
Austin could not explain why Congress should approve more funding for Ukraine when the American economy is in a precarious situation.
Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Justice Edson Fachin granted three injunctions on Monday that suspend decrees by President Jair Bolsonaro making it easier to own firearms and ammunition, citing the risk of “political violence” as the country prepares for general elections in October.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Wednesday that his government’s National Cyber Security Center has determined hackers linked to the Iranian regime were “almost certainly” behind a massive cyberattack against the Albanian government in July. Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran over the incident, enraging Tehran.
Mawlawi Khaliqyar Ahmadzai, head of the culture and information department for the government of Paktia province of Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that high schools for girls have been reopened, without permission from the Taliban, which has suppressed education for women ever since they seized power in August 2021.
The Pentagon on Wednesday halted delivery of F-35 jet fighters because investigators discovered a magnet in the engine system was manufactured using materials from China that did not comply with U.S. import laws.
Europe in general and Ukraine in particular will benefit from major new military aid worth more than two billion dollars unveiled Thursday by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said he was “only one step short of meeting” with then-President Donald Trump in October 2019, but the meeting was scuttled after Trump said he would announce the meeting ahead of time.
Under the watchful eye of an instructor, Munira al-Rubaian spreads fresh bed linen in a mock hotel room in the Saudi capital, aiming to land a job in the desert kingdom’s growing tourism sector.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday forcefully rejected the U.S.’ call for Israel to change its rules of engagement after the death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh during a firefight between the IDF and Palestinian terrorists, saying “no one would dictate” Israel’s open fire policy.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi told the United Nations on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine are “playing with fire” by fighting around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Grossi warned “something very, very catastrophic could take place.”
Russia’s state energy company Gazprom released a video on Monday titled “And Winter Will Be Big.” The short presentation shows European cities freezing over, with occasional cuts to useless windmills and solar panels, while a mournful song plays in the background.
President Ursula von der Leyen called for “mandatory” energy rationing during peak hours in order to “flatten the curve” of demand.
Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, head of Iran’s “Headquarters for Promoting Virtues and Preventing Vice,” announced his agency wants to connect facial-recognition computer systems to its extensive network of surveillance cameras to aid in a crackdown on women who defy orders to keep their faces covered in public.
Al-Qaeda forces attacked separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in southern Yemen on Tuesday. 21 separatist fighters were reportedly killed during three hours of gun battles, along with six al-Qaeda members.
A renewed nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is “off the table” for the foreseeable future, President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid, according to a report in Hebrew media.
Thousands of demonstrators marched through the cities of Indonesia on Tuesday, protesting against the first hike in government-subsidized fuel prices in eight years. The blowback may prove to be the stiffest challenge to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s popularity since his re-election in 2019.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that China’s temper-tantrum military exercises after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island were actually a boon to the Taiwanese military, as constantly scrambling to intercept Chinese forces helped Taiwanese aviators hone their flight skills.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Monday that two B-52H Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers flew across the Middle East on Sunday in a Bomber Task Force (BTF) mission that included fighter escort planes from the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and briefly Israel.
A U.S. intelligence report declassified on Monday said the Russians are buying huge qualities of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea, a sign that heavily-sanctioned Russia is having difficulty obtaining or producing the munitions it needs to continue the invasion of Ukraine.
An overwhelming majority of Chileans voted Sunday to reject the proposed draft of a radical far-left constitution that would have replaced the nation’s 42-year-old constitution with the “world’s most progressive” core legal structure.
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, warned Monday that Somalia stands on the “brink of famine” due to the worst drought in four decades.
Ethiopia’s civil war between the federal government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) is not the only deadly ethnic conflict raging in that turbulent country. On Friday, residents of the Oromiya region reported digging mass graves for at least 42 villagers slaughtered by a rival tribal militia.
A suicide bomber attacked the Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the bomber was gunned down by Taliban guards before entering the premises, but still got close enough to kill two embassy staffers.
The huge Chinese city of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, extended its coronavirus lockdown and mass testing program on Sunday, trapping most of its 21 million citizens in their homes.
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on an Israeli bus on Sunday, injuring seven people. The attack took place on a major highway along Israel’s border neighboring Jordan targeting a bus transporting Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops.
General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has yet to comment on the use — or abuse — of Marines in President Joe Biden’s speech Thursday attacking “MAGA Republicans,” after Milley complained about Trump’s march across Lafayette Square.
Cuban citizens carried out 361 protests against the communist Castro regime and its puppet-president Miguel Díaz-Canel in August, according to statistical information published by the Cuban Observatory of Conflict on Thursday.
