Category: World

I will make three points. First, the United Kingdom welcomes the adoption, by this Council, of resolution 2736 which sent a clear call for urgent de-escalation in El Fasher and demanded that the Rapid Support Forces halt their siege of El Fasher immediately. The situation in El Fasher is appalling. Civilians have been terrorised by […]

I had to abandon a game last season because of threats made by a spectator. This wasn’t a snap decision for me – I am a police officer and deal with abuse on a daily basis. The difference here was that I referee to enjoy football, and no one has the right to put my […]

Rural America has an abundance of talent, and during the Biden-Harris administration its poverty rates have declined. This year, the administration is offering new tools to advance good jobs in rural America through the Department of Labor’s Workforce Opportunities in Rural Communities (WORC) grant program. The department is investing millions of dollars into rural America […]

The United States condemns the June 15 murder of the recently elected secretary general of the Guatemalan trade union at the Texpia II garment factory, Anastacio Tzib Caal. We extend our sympathies to his family, friends, and the Texpia II workers’ union during this difficult time. The United States supports all efforts by the Guatemalan […]

Vladimir Putin looks to be a big winner from the far-right surge in the recent European Parliament election. Not content with only exercising control over former Soviet Union members, the Kremlin is now increasing its support across the rest of Europe. One significant symbol of the pro-Russia swing was the decision by the far-right Alternative […]

The war has affected more than a quarter of Ukraine’s territory, according to the authorities, and caused large-scale destruction to buildings that has left thousands of tonnes of debris, creating a huge problem that will take decades to resolve. In most communities, this waste is not properly sorted, resulting in the formation of “spontaneous landfills”. […]

Quentin Tarantino, who lives in Tel Aviv with his Israeli wife, singer/model Daniela Pick, and their two children, was harassed in New York on Saturday by a notorious anti-Israel activist performance artist known as Crackhead Barney, who called the Pulp Fiction director a “Zionist piece of s***,” according to the New York Post and social media […]

Published 15 January 2020 Last updated 14 June 2024 + show all updates 14 June 2024 Made minor administrative amendments. 16 May 2024 These latest amendments coincide with the laying of a new latest SI which includes a new package of sanctions against Belarus, banning the import of various goods such as gold, iron, steel, aluminium […]

“War is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation. Only technicalities prevent famines from being declared, as people are already dying of hunger,” said Mr. Griffiths. “Waiting for an official declaration of famine before acting would be a death sentence for hundreds of thousands of people and a moral outrage,” he added.  As […]

A French court ordered on Saturday a ban on Israeli delegates, intermediaries, and companies from attending an international arms exhibition, according to one of the petitioners, extending a previous decision by the French Defense Ministry prohibiting an Israeli booth. Palestinian NGO Al-Haq, which petitioned the Bobigny District Court along with a coalition of 50 NGOs […]