Headlines
  • A new round of peace talks was reportedly scheduled to take place in Pakistan with Vice President JD Vance and other American diplomats.
  • The US will host new talks between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday with the aim of encouraging an agreement.
  • US President Donald Trump has stated that unless an agreement is made with Tehran, the US will not lift its embargo of Iranian ports.
  • Data from the Defense Department shows that at least 415 American troops have been injured in the war with Iran.
  • US On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to leave for Pakistan in preparation for the upcoming round of peace talks with Iran.
  • On Monday, US President Donald Trump claimed on social media that Israel "never talked" him into going to war with Iran.

Year: 2021

February 24, 2021

Press Briefing by UN Special Rapporteur...

A view of the press conference with Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, and Caroline Horn, Senior Legal Adviser to Agnes Callamard

February 23, 2021

Belarusian Athletes Purged For Opposing Lukashenka

More than 100 men and women have been barred from competitive sports in Belarus since signing an open letter calling for an end to police violence against peaceful anti-government protesters

Brazilians Grapple with Soaring Disappearances

Brazil has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and tens of thousands of people are listed as missing – many of them at the hands of drug traffickers and other armed groups

Focus Venezuela

Among those seeing an opportunity for change in Venezuela under the new U.S administration is Leopoldo López, one of the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition who fled the country in 2020

Canadian Lawmakers Approve Motion Labeling Xinjiang...

Canada’s House of Commons on Monday passed a motion designating rights abuses in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) as genocide, making it the second nation to do so following the U.S. last month

UN Security Council Holds Videoconference in...

Jovenel Moïse, President of Haiti, addresses the videoconference with United Nations Security Council members in connection with the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)

February 22, 2021

South African Medics to Row Northwest...

Two South African medics are swapping their medical gear for oars as they train for a risky 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) journey by rowboat through the Arctic Northwest Passage

Britain’s Royal Family Braces for ‘Harry...

Britain’s royal family is bracing for a March 7 airing of an American television interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, widely referred to as Harry and Meghan, amid reports that the content is explosive and will make for uncomfortable viewing for the British monarch and senior royals

February 21, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Myths

People the world over have questions about the safety COVID-19 vaccines and some are reluctant to get immunized

To Help American Spotlight Rare Disease,...

What would prompt a person to run 880 kilometers for a person he met on Facebook?

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