by Tyler | Mar 5, 2020 | Anthony Fauci, China, coronavirus, Covid-19, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Security, Politics, Trending, U.N., United Nations, WHO, World Health Organization
Dirty cash may fuel the spread of the novel Chinese coronavirus, which is currently more than three times deadlier than the seasonal flu, the World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations agency, warned this week.
by Tyler | Jan 4, 2020 | Drone Strike, Iran, Iraq, Israel / Middle East, National Security, Qasem Soleimani, terrorism, Trending, United Nations
Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing, said on Thursday night that the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian terrorist mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani was a violation of international law.
by Tyler | Dec 29, 2019 | China, free speech, National Security, Politics, Russia, Tech, Trending, United Nations
(AFP) — The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom.
by Tyler | Dec 23, 2019 | Africa, British army, jihad, London / Europe, Mali, National Security, Operation Barkhane, peacekeeping, Politics, Trending, United Nations
The United Nations has placed strict gender quotas on a British Army peacekeeping deployment to Mali in west Africa, demanding more females are sent under the auspices of a special bureaucratic directive.
by Tyler | Dec 14, 2019 | Barack Obama, Climate Change, Environment, natural disasters, Paris Climate Accord, Politics, rising sea levels, Trending, United Nations
The UN COP25 summit featured poor countries blaming rich countries like the U.S. for creating climate change-induced natural disasters.
by Tyler | Nov 21, 2019 | Amnesty International, Basij, Iran, Israel / Middle East, National Security, protests, Trending, United Nations
Amnesty International said on Tuesday that Iranian security forces have killed at least 106 civilians in 21 cities during five days of protests, and there are “some reports suggesting as many as 200 have been killed.”
