Category: World

Chairman of the Democrats Major General (Res.) Yair Golan began an official visit to the UK today, becoming the first Israeli leader to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other top officials, including Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Deputy Foreign Secretary for Middle Eastern Affairs Hamish Plunkett, and Attorney General Lord Richard Harmer. Golan is […]

Ahead of a groundbreaking inaugural September 22 meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), the Department of State announced that Austria, Estonia, Lithuania, and the Netherlands have endorsed the Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware.  Global support for this critical initiative has continued to expand – […]

When Paola Egonu, born in Italy to Nigerian parents, won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic games volleyball tournament, a dormant discussion in Italian politics was reignited. Egonu only [became an Italian citizen at the age of 14], after her father naturalised as Italian. Now a national hero, many felt her story should […]

Thank you, President. I have the honour of speaking on behalf of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. President, I refer colleagues to the General Conference document 68/19 circulated on 11 September which reiterated our concerns regarding the addition of this political agenda item by one Member State. Australia, the United Kingdom and […]

Changes to the format of this year’s Uefa Champions League tournament have been much discussed by fans and pundits. The world’s most prestigious club football competition, featuring the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Inter Milan will now work as a league table rather than a series of group stages. Much less has been […]

Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told ambassadors in the Security Council, that strikes and exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which have been going on for nearly a year, “have expanded in scope and intensity”. In some cases, they reached much deeper into Lebanese and Israeli territory, displacing tens of […]

Columbia University’s interim President Katrina Armstrong apologized on Tuesday to those who were “hurt” during police sweeps of pro-Palestinian encampments in April, the Columbia Spectator reported on Thursday. Asked by the paper whether she agreed with her predecessor’s decision to involve law enforcement, she repeatedly apologized for the move. “I know that this is tricky […]

First, the United Kingdom is gravely concerned by ongoing conflict and devastation within Syria and the risks this presents for the stability of the entire region. It must not be forgotten.  The regime and its backers continue to exploit this instability for their own gain. In a single attack last week, regime forces injured three […]

Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar outlined how the UN agency has been supporting Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, including following the wave of electronic device explosions this week. Hundreds of pagers across the country simultaneously detonated on Tuesday, while walkie-talkies and even some solar panels blew up the following day.  The attacks reportedly targeted the Hezbollah militant group, […]

Middle school students were forced to take part in a protest in Toronto earlier this week, where teachers allegedly instructed them to wear blue shirts to identify themselves as “settlers” and “colonizers,” Canadian media and government officials reported on Friday. Parents had been told the 7th and 8th-grade students were at the protest to “observe,” […]