Tehran 18 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/21/2026 – 03:23 Tehran Wed, 01/21/2026 – 12:00 18 January 2026 President Masoud Pezeshkian contended that “if the people of Iran face hardship… one of the main reasons for it is the longstanding enmity and inhumane sanctions impost by the U.S. government. Pezeshkian also warned: “Any aggression against the […]
Lebanon 17 January 2026 gnada Wed, 01/21/2026 – 03:23 Lebanon Wed, 01/21/2026 – 12:00 17 January 2026 Hizbollah leader Naim Qassem said “It is time to stop the Americans” and accused President Trump of “trying to exploit power and violate the rights of people and countries”. He also maintained that “the resistance’s weapons are a […]
As a treaty to protect the High Seas entered into force this month with backing from more than 80 countries, major fishing nations China, Japan and Brazil secured a last-minute seat at the table to negotiate the procedural rules, funding and other key issues ahead of the treaty’s first COP. The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction […]
The annual World Economic Forum got underway on Tuesday in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, providing a snowy stage for government and business leaders to opine on international affairs. With attention focused on the latest crisis – a potential US-European trade war over Greenland – climate change has slid down the agenda. Despite this, […]
Responding to the death of a 20-year-old Kuki-Zo woman, a victim of sexual violence during Manipur’s May 2023 ethnic violence, Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board at Amnesty International India, said: “This woman’s death is a devastating indictment of the Indian state’s continuing failure to deliver timely justice to survivors of sexual violence during the ethnic conflict in Manipur. Abducted and gang-raped at the age of 18, she lived her final years […]
Click to expand Image President Yowerei Museveni speaks during a news conference in Entebbe, Uganda, July 26, 2022. © 2022 Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Photo Uganda’s electoral commission has declared President Yoweri Museveni as the winner of the January 15 elections, securing his seventh term in office with 71 percent of the vote. The weeks leading up […]
On January 19, a court in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s Dagestan region, sentenced women’s rights defender and journalist Svetlana Anokhina to five years in prison for allegedly spreading “fake news” about the Russian armed forces. Click to expand Image Svetlana Anokhina, personal archive, Dagestan, Russia, 2016. © 2016 Private The sentence was handed […]
Click to expand Image M23 forces patrol the streets of Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 13, 2025. © 2025 Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty Images (Kinshasa) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group’s sudden withdrawal from the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on January 17, 2026, has put civilians at […]
German cities saw large pro-Kurdish demonstrations on Tuesday as government troops in Syria clash with Kurdish forces.
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said the money from US sales of Venezuelan oil will be used to prop up the currency.
