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North Korea’s Kim calls for sharpening of ‘nuclear shield and sword’
Kim Jong Un references 'new important nuclear strategy' in high-level meeting with scientists and military officials.
Categories: South Asia
Did restrictions on women workers hamper Afghanistan’s earthquake response?
Shortage of female medical staff, aid workers created challenges. But victims say male aid givers often helped them.
Categories: South Asia
Turkiye, group of athletes call on FIFA, UEFA to ban Israel’s football team
Pressure is growing on football's governing bodies to take action against Israel's national team over the war on Gaza.
Categories: South Asia
Venezuela Foreign Ministry warns of ‘immoral military threat’ from US
Minister says US wants his country's oil and gas amid reports Washington readying to strike 'drug targets' in Venezuela.
Categories: South Asia
US to revoke Colombian President Petro’s visa over call to ‘disobey’ Trump
The Colombian leader was filmed joining thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters outside UN headquarters in New York.
Categories: South Asia
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon among names in new Epstein documents
One calendar entry, dated December 6, 2014, reads: 'Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)'.
Categories: South Asia
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,311
Here are the key events on day 1,311 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Categories: South Asia
UN sanctions on Iran set to return after failed delay bid
All UN sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed on Saturday after a Russian-Chinese bid to delay them failed.
Categories: South Asia
At least 60 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to ‘finish job’
Half of the victims on Friday died in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, while 13 others were killed near GHF aid sites.
Categories: South Asia
Moldova bans pro-Russian parties ahead of Sunday’s election
Moldova election rocked by bans on pro-Russian parties as EU path hangs in balance.
Categories: South Asia
Netanyahu UNGA address sees props, accusations, and protests
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu brought props and angry accusations to the UN General Assembly.
Categories: South Asia
US Supreme Court sides with Trump on freezing $4bn in foreign aid
A lower court had previously ordered Trump to disburse the congressionally approved aid before its expiration date.
Categories: South Asia
Recognising Palestine vs holding Israel accountable?
French official Pascal Confavreux says the two-state solution has been saved from ‘the moral danger’ it was in.
Categories: South Asia
Omer Bartov on Gaza genocide and Israel’s history of occupation
Marc Lamont Hill speaks with Omer Bartov about how Israel’s war in Gaza became genocide.
Categories: South Asia
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk On Human Rights
From Sudan to the war in Gaza, 2025 has seen the continuation of major humanitarian crises across the globe. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, examines a range of these crises, while also exploring issues such as financing, reform, and declining multilateral consensus.Â
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This conversation was hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations during the 80th United Nations General Assembly.Â
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- This expert brief outlines the Trump administration's move away from UN human rights standards.Â
- This post discusses the most recent U.S. report on Human Rights Practices.Â
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Host: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
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Guest: Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Categories: Defense Policy
Protests, calls for sanctions greet Netanyahu at UN amid Gaza horrors
Israeli prime minister faces protests inside and outside UN General Assembly deepening Israel's international isolation.
Categories: South Asia
China hails multilateralism, takes digs at US tariffs
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says protectionist measures, including tariffs, are a major cause of global economic stagnancy.
Categories: South Asia
‘Beyond humanity’: Israeli strike devastates Gaza City neighbourhood
Hours before Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 80th UNGA, Israeli strikes continued to bombard the Gaza Strip.
Categories: South Asia
India beat Sri Lanka in Super Over on eve of 2025 Asia Cup final
India take all the way by Sri Lanka in final Super Fours match before Sunday's Asia Cup final against Pakistan.
Categories: South Asia
Assata Shakur, US Black liberation activist exiled in Cuba, dies at 78
The fugitive revolutionary spent decades in exile after escaping from a US jail in 1979.
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