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HRW: Several Thousand Ukrainian Children ‘Forcibly Relocated to Russia’

March 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Ukraine war has had traumatic and devastating consequences for children in residential institutions, including forcible transfers to Russia and separation from their families. A new report by Human Rights Watch has found that children […]

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Democracy’s Global Decline Hits “Possible Turning Point”

March 10, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new report on global freedom finds that democracy could be approaching a “turning point” for improvement.  Democracy declined around the world for the 17th consecutive year, but the pace of that decline has slowed […]

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World Off Track on Goal to Reduce Sodium Intake, WHO Says

March 9, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The world is consuming too much salt, and the outcome could be dire, the World Health Organization said. A new report from WHO found that the world is not on track to reduce its sodium intake.  […]

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Iran’s Concessions to IAEA Largely Depend on Future Talks

March 7, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The head of the UN nuclear weapons inspectorate was forced to qualify some of the claims he made about commitments he had extracted from Iran at the weekend about increasing access to UN inspectors. Rafael […]

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Airplane seat size rules remain unchanged: FAA

March 4, 2023 Maja Popovska

A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected the application for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to set minimum airplane seat size and spacing standards, disappointing airline passengers who had been experiencing discomfort in small seats, […]

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IAEA Warns Tehran Has Uranium Enriched to Nearly Bomb Grade

March 1, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a confidential quarterly report that will likely renew tensions between Iran and the West over its nuclear program, inspectors of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that Iran has enriched uranium to […]

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Colleges brace for the end of affirmative action

February 24, 2023 Maja Popovska

Colleges are reevaluating their admissions process as they try to figure out how to attract a diverse student body in a world without affirmative action, Axios reported. The Supreme Court is widely expected to rule […]

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UN Security Council Denounces Israel in Statement

February 21, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations Security Council denounced Israel’s plan to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.  It marks the first action the United States has allowed the body to take against its ally Israel in six […]

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US, UK Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity in Chagos Islands

February 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The U.S. and the United Kingdom are guilty of crimes against humanity in the forced displacement of indigenous people from the Chagos Islands, Human Rights Watch said.  Human Rights Watch published a scathing new 106-page […]

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Al Qaeda’s New Leader Adel Has $10 Million Bounty on His Head

February 16, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations has identified a new leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group. He has a $10 million bounty on his head.  Seif al-Adel is a former Egyptian special forces officer who is a high-ranking […]

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Fears of renewed FBI abuse of power after informant infiltrated BLM protests

February 14, 2023 Maja Popovska

There are fears that the FBI is again abusing its powers to harass and intimidate minority groups, The Guardian reported. The FBI’s use of an informant to infiltrate Black Lives Matter in Denver during the […]

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Women report stunning levels of discrimination

February 6, 2023 Maja Popovska

Half of the women from marginalized racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. and four other countries said they have experienced racism or discrimination at their current workplace.  Three years after many global CEOs pledged […]

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Democrats Rev Abortion Advertising Back Up for Next Round of Elections

January 30, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A new nonprofit aligned with the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is making abortion its first play in Virginia ahead of key elections this year. Democrats’ political committee focused on state legislatures is launching a new […]

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UNRWA Seeks $1.6 Bn to Overcome Chronic Budget Shortfalls

January 25, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, which struggles to overcome chronic budget shortfalls, appealed Tuesday for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023 with $848 million needed for core services and another $781.6 million […]

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UN Demands Taliban to Reverse Bans on Women After US Call

January 14, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Members of the UN Security Council urged the Taliban on Friday to immediately reverse all oppressive measures against women and girls, reiterating its previous calls for full, safe, and unhindered access for humanitarian actors regardless […]

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Saudi HRC Signs Agreement with UN Body to Combat Human Trafficking

January 3, 2023 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the GCC and the Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) signed on Monday the second phase of an agreement to implement activities aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s […]

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Ban on Women Staff Prompts Foreign NGOs to Stop Work in Afghanistan

December 26, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the Taliban administration ordered during the weekend all local and international NGOs to stop their female employees from coming to work, at least five top non-governmental organizations suspended their work in Afghanistan. While Islamic […]

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UN Expert Urges Libya to End Violence Against Women and Girls

December 24, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Deeply disturbed at the widespread, systematic, and grave levels of violence faced by Libyan women and children, including girls, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women has called on Libyan authorities to take urgent […]

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Iran Likely To Be Ousted from UN Women’s Body

December 14, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

World powers will vote on whether to oust Iran from the United Nations body tasks with empowering women.  The vote is a big moment in global solidarity against Iran’s bloody crackdown on a women-led protest […]

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Saudi KSRelief Joins UN in Humanitarian Overview

December 2, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The Saudi Arabian initiative KSRelief has joined the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs this week in order to take part in an event on global humanitarian action taking place in 2023.  […]

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Terrorist Tunnel Discovered Under Gaza School by UNRWA

December 1, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

According to an announcement the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) issued on Tuesday, the agency workers have recently discovered a tunnel under a United Nations school […]

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Immediate De-escalation in Northern Syria Urged by UN Envoy

November 30, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As Turkey’s military prepares for a possible ground invasion of northern Syria, where the current escalation after three years of relative calm promises to further destabilize the situation within and beyond the country, Ankara, the […]

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UNRWA Opens Health Center in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan

November 21, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) opened on Sunday a health center that will serve around 300,000 refugees in the Zarqa camp in Jordan. Being the […]

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IAEA’s Grossi Urges Stopping the Madness After ZNPP Shelling

November 21, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi urged stopping the madness on Sunday after shelling on Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (ZNPP) warning Kyiv and Moscow, which traded blame for the […]

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UN Secretary-General Says Black Sea Grain Deal Extended

November 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The deal between Russia and Ukraine to allow food shipments through the Black Sea has been extended. The agreement is aimed at easing global food shortages by facilitating Ukraine’s agricultural exports from its southern Black Sea […]

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Global Pandemic Fund to Get $50m Boost from Saudi Arabia

November 17, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a bid to boost global efforts to prevent future pandemics, Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday its pledge of support amounting to $50 million for the Pandemic Fund or the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), the […]

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World Food Output Could Drop by 30% If Climate Crisis Continues

November 16, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

If climate change continues at its current rate, global food production could plummet by at least 30 percent by 2050. A top U.N. official made the stark warning as world leaders met for the second week […]

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UNGA to Take Israeli ‘Occupation’ of Palestine to ICJ

November 12, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Acting at the request of the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted 98-17 to approve a resolution to request the Hague international court to urgently weigh in on the Israel-Palestine conflict and […]

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UNICEF Warns Young People Rethink Parenthood Due to Climate Change

November 10, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Climate change has made young people across the world reconsider their future parenthood plans, a global poll by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed, underlining their uncertainty about the planet’s future. UNICEF’s U-Report – […]

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Due to an increase in coronavirus instances caused by the highly transmissible omicron strain, a United Nations nuclear treaty conference has been postponed until August of next year
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UNSC Votes Against Russia’s Call for Probe into US Biolabs

November 3, 2022 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected Russia’s call for an international investigation into claims that Washington used laboratories in Ukraine to develop biological weapons. The US, Britain, and France voted against Russia’s […]

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  • Senior US Diplomat Says Relationship with Saudi Arabia in Very Good Shape
    September 22, 2023
  • State Department Charges Former Contractor with Espionage
    September 22, 2023
  • Washington to Support EU Windfall Tax on Frozen Russian Assets
    September 21, 2023
  • Ukraine Fight Can Be Sustained, Claims General Milley
    September 21, 2023
  • Nagorno-Karabakh Announces Ceasefire with Azerbaijan While Baku Declares Victory
    September 20, 2023

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