Tehran, Iran – Iran’s economic outlook looks increasingly bleak more than three weeks after the start of what has become one of the most comprehensive and prolonged state-imposed internet blackouts in history, affecting a population of more than 90 million people. Iranian authorities abruptly cut off all communications across the country on the night of … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to bypass the United Nations through his new Peace Council appears to have backfired after major world powers rejected U.S. aspirations for a broader international mandate beyond the Gaza ceasefire and recommitted their support to the 80-year-old global institution. The council to be chaired by Trump … Read more
Jerusalem (AP) — Israeli forces targeted at least two United Nations facilities on Tuesday, continuing a crackdown on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees tasked with providing humanitarian services to millions of people in the region. Crews began bulldozing the offices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Sheikh Jarrah and fired tear … Read more
The supranational power, or global governance, exercised by institutions of the international legal system, such as the United Nations, must be strengthened. Their independence must be protected, effective mechanisms must be established and mandatory actions must be defined to guarantee the protection of human rights and democracy. These principles must prevail over the law of … Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Both allies and adversaries of the United States used an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Monday to express opposition to the bold U.S. military operation in Venezuela that captured leader Nicolás Maduro. Before the UN’s most powerful body, the countries have criticized – if sometimes obliquely – President … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said it plans to end foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators expressed “serious concern” over what they described as Seoul’s failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights abuses related to decades of mass overseas adoptions. The announcement on Friday came hours … Read more