Headlines- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- At least 362 people were killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Year: 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
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)
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
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?