UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Monday laid out a grim picture of the human cost of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with a spotlight on civilians facing a third wartime winter as well as the intimidation of Russians who have fled abroad.
Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on September 20 that Tehran had conveyed its conditions to Washington through mediators for ending its blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Qalibaf said Tehran's demands had been clearly communicated to the United States.
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Coons (D-DE), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to investigate reported failures involving the use of artificial intelligence in U.S. military and intelligence operations and provide relevant Inspectors General unrestricted access to examine the incidents.
The Russian Federation has built a State-run system to surveil, intimidate and punish critics abroad, and coerce their families at home, a UN expert warned today, describing Russian transnational repression as a violation of international law that challenges host State sovereignty, and must be stopped.
Officials in Moscow have announced a new record victory for the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party in what the European Union dismissed as "sham elections" on September 21.
An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response.
Smugglers and criminal networks operate across borders, exploiting gaps. Governments must respond the same way with solutions across the routes people travel. That is the message IOM Director General Amy Pope is bringing to the UN General Assembly this week.
The UN has condemned continued cross-border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen drives one of the country's fastest displacement surges in years.
The latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) show that 129,438 people, or 21,573 households, have been displaced across seven governorates in Yemen as families flee escalating insecurity.
More than 5.1 million people have returned to their areas of origin in Sudan, while 8.6 million remain displaced, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today. Many are going back to a country still wracked by conflict, where damaged homes, schools and clinics cannot meet the needs. Without urgent support, families risk being uprooted again.
A vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an "unknown projectile," injuring two crew members, a British maritime agency said.
A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unknown projectile Monday, leaving two crew members with minor injuries, Anadolu agency reported citing the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that it intercepted and destroyed a US Army MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian media.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Army Major General Amir Hatami has said any aggression against the security and territorial integrity of Iran will face a decisive and regret-inducing response.
Iran's Acting Defense Minister Brigadier General Majid Ibn al-Reza has said the eight-year Sacred Defense was more than a historical period of resistance, describing it as a school of experience, self-confidence, sacrifice and responsibility that shaped the country's subsequent defense path.
The commander of Iran Navy Southern Fleet says that resistance of the Iranian nation during the recent war disrupted the enemy's calculations and prevented the realization of its strategic objectives.
The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Khatam al-Anbya Central Headquarters have issued a statement, pledging a strong response to any new act of aggression against Iran that will deal a heavy blow to aggressors, particularly the United States and Israel.
Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf says the United States appears to project hegemony and superior power but is in reality "fully exposed."
UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on Iran. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Kumar Iyer.
After getting engaged last year, Ramin, an Iranian pharmaceutical salesman, had planned to get married this year. Instead, as soaring inflation has upended everyday life in Iran, the couple's goal now is "just to survive."
Pages