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[ September 29, 2023 ] Iranian Navy Repeatedly Aimed Laser at American Military Helicopter Politics
[ September 29, 2023 ] Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize NGO
[ September 28, 2023 ] Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Cease to Exist on January 1 Politics
[ September 28, 2023 ] Poland Might Seek Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran that Embarrassed Canada Politics
[ September 27, 2023 ] UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan NGO

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Iranian Navy Repeatedly Aimed Laser at American Military Helicopter

American military helicopter AH-1Z Viper, which was sent to the Gulf region as part of US efforts to deter Tehran’s seizures of commercial tanker ships, was repeatedly a target of laser attack by Iranian naval [...]
NGO

Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize

Although many experts believe campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples, or the environment could well steal the Nobel Peace Prize stage this year, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are emerging as strong [...]
Politics

Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to Cease to Exist on January 1

The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) will cease to exist on January 1, 2024, said a decree signed by Azerbaijan’s breakaway region’s President Samvel Shakhramanyan, putting an end to the history of the unrecognized former Soviet [...]
Politics

Poland Might Seek Extradition of Ukrainian Nazi Veteran that Embarrassed Canada

Poland’s Education Ministry has taken steps toward extraditing the 98-year-old Ukrainian Nazi veteran Yaroslav Hunka, who was honored by Canadian parliamentarians last week in the presence of Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenskyy. Hunka was introduced as [...]
NGO

UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan

The intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls makes them prisoners living in darkness, confined to their homes without hope or future and the UN Security Council must support governments seeking to [...]

Trump Trial in Georgia: Court Orders Jurors’ Identities to Be Kept Secret

September 26, 2023

The trial jurors’ identities in the former President Trump’s criminal case in Georgia will be kept private, the state judge overseeing the case ordered Monday, granting the request from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. [...]
State Department Charges Former Contractor with Espionage

September 22, 2023
Washington to Support EU Windfall Tax on Frozen Russian Assets

September 21, 2023

Rising Rubella, Measles Cases among Children in Yemen Worries the WHO

September 1, 2023

After more than 34,000 instances of measles and rubella among children in Yemen, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concerns in a statement on Thursday about rising cases of the diseases. As of July, the [...]
Polish Security Services Investigate Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in NATO Hub

August 30, 2023
Two Third of American Adults Impacted by US Substance Use Crisis

August 15, 2023

State Department Denies Iran FM’s Request to Visit Washington

September 26, 2023

The State Department revealed on Monday that the US has denied Iran’s top diplomat a waiver needed to visit Washington citing Iran’s detention of American citizens and state sponsorship of terrorism, State Department spokesman Matt [...]
Havana Cries ‘Terrorism’ After Cubа Embassy in US Attacked with Molotov Cocktails

September 25, 2023
Senior US Diplomat Says Relationship with Saudi Arabia in Very Good Shape

September 22, 2023

UN Believes Most Deaths in Libya Floods Could’ve Been Avoided

September 14, 2023

As relief workers struggle to deliver crucial aid in a humanitarian effort stifled by political divisions and debris from the flash floods that tore through Libya, the United Nations said Thursday that most of the [...]
Saudis Establish Global Water Organization

September 5, 2023
Von der Leyen Promised Flood-Hit Slovenia EU400 mln in Disaster Help

August 9, 2023

Russia-Linked APT29 Hackers Behind Teams Phishing Attacks

August 3, 2023

Dozens of global organizations have been targeted by a Russian government-linked hacking group pretending to be from technical support and engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats in order to steal login credentials, Microsoft researchers said. [...]
US Space Program Budget Higher Than the Rest of the World Combined

March 14, 2023
House Members Data Compromised in Health Insurer Breach

March 9, 2023

Zelensky, Navalny Among Favorites for Nobel Peace Prize

September 29, 2023

Although many experts believe campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples, or the environment could well steal the Nobel Peace Prize stage this year, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are emerging as strong [...]
UN Women’s Bahous Asks UN to Declare ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan

September 27, 2023
HRW: Several Thousand Ukrainian Children ‘Forcibly Relocated to Russia’

March 14, 2023

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