Headlines- After an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the weekend that set it on fire and left a crew member missing, the United States launched several waves of strikes on Iran on Sunday.
- Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, voiced his "deep concern" over the escalating attacks in Iran and warned "catastrophic consequences" on a global scale if parties resume "full-scale hostilities."
- Iran has denounced the latest wave of American attacks on its territory, claiming that they have "rendered futile" all of the past few months' diplomatic efforts..
- In order "to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships" in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that its forces had carried out more strikes against Iran.
- The seditious conspiracy charges against four members of the Proud Boys, the far-right group responsible for the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, have been dismissed by a US federal court.
Month: September 2021
UN General Assembly Marks 20th...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session, speaks at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action’s adoption. Reparations, racial justice, and equality for persons of African origin are among the topics discussed during the meeting
My Early Years My Homeland 20...
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StartUp Africa An Unique Television Series...
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Who Will Take Angela Merkel’s Place...
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Chinese Journalist, Rights Activist Incommunicado, Likely...
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US President Speaks Before the General...
President of the United States of America, Joseph R. Biden Jr., speaks at the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session
Ethnic Serbs Protest New Border Regulations,...
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Afghan Woman Who Was a War...
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Uyghur Exile Group Leader Turned Back...
Dolkun Isa, the president of the Munich-based (WUC) exile group, has been turned away at the airport in the Turkish capital Ankara and flown back to Germany Monday, two weeks after he learned that a travel ban against him had been lifted, he and his lawyer said
President of the UN General Assembly...
Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s Seventy-sixth Session, meets with Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation (U.A.E.)