The international community must step up efforts to support Syria amid the current conflict raging in the Middle East, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Israel 17 March 2026 #1 nrafati Wed, 03/18/2026 – 14:06 Israel Wed, 03/18/2026 – 12:00 17 March 2026 Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that Israel had killed the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, describing him as “the boss of the Revolutionary Guards, that group of gangsters that effective runs Iran. Alongside him, […]
Tehran 17 March 2026 #1 nrafati Wed, 03/18/2026 – 14:09 Tehran Wed, 03/18/2026 – 12:00 17 March 2026 Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that Israel had killed the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, describing him as “the boss of the Revolutionary Guards, that group of gangsters that effective runs Iran. Alongside him, […]
Washington 17 March #1 nrafati Wed, 03/18/2026 – 14:12 Washington Wed, 03/18/2026 – 12:00 17 March 2026 President Trump said “it would take ten years to rebuild the damage that’s been done [in Iran], but I think we have to make it a little bit more permanent… We don’t ever want to have that problem […]
The crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes across the region and rising humanitarian needs. The UN nuclear watchdog reports that a projectile struck the premises of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, with no damage or injuries. In Lebanon, the humanitarian situation is worsening, with hundreds reported killed and more than one million […]
An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying slowdown in global progress on child survival.
Carly Phillips is a research scientist with the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently agreed to hear arguments in Boulder v. Exxon and Suncor, a case that could decide whether communities harmed by climate change can hold polluters accountable in state court. Originally brought against […]
In his resignation letter, US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent urged Donald Trump to avoid Israeli machinations and change course.
Reacting to the summoning of former Public Defender (ombudsman) Ucha Nanuashvili by Georgia’s State Security Service over his communication with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director, said: “The summoning of prominent human rights defender Ucha Nanuashvili over his reported cooperation with […]
In response to the Algerian police sealing the Algiers office of SOS Disappeared, a human rights organization advocating for accountability for the thousands forcibly disappeared in the 1990s conflict, on 16 March 2026, Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International said: “The forced closure of SOS Disappeared is a devastating blow to the fight for truth, justice and reparations in Algeria. By sealing the offices […]
