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Libya judicial council rejects UN claim of mediation committee
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (438+ words) Libya's High Council of the Judiciary has rejected a claim by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) that a mediation committee exists to help resolve the country's judicial crisis. In a statement, the council said the UN mission's remarks…...
India elected to various subsidiary bodies at UN Economic and Social Council
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (278+ words) United Nations | India has been elected to various subsidiary bodies at the UN Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN said on Wednesday that India…...
42 Israelis Killed Since Start of Operation Against Iran, Escalation in Lebanon - " " "
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (12+ words) 42 Israelis Killed Since Start of Operation Against Iran, Escalation in Lebanon" " "...
Iran Demands Bitcoin Payments At Hormuz As Trump Says Strait Must Open 'Immediately And Completely"
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (426+ words) Iran will demand shipping companies pay tolls in Bitcoin for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz during the two-week ceasefire, directly contradicting President Trump's demand for "complete, immediate, and safe opening" of the waterway. Hamid Hosseini, spokesperson for…...
UN says violations against Palestinians surge as Iran war overshadows crisis
21+ hour, 29+ min ago (290+ words) The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned Wednesday that the war with Iran has "eclipsed a surge in human rights violations against Palestinians," raising alarm over worsening conditions in Gaza and the West Bank....
Macron: Adherence to the Ceasefire Paves the Way for Comprehensive Negotiations - " " "
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (11+ words) Macron: Adherence to the Ceasefire Paves the Way for Comprehensive Negotiations" " "...
Could the UN Secretary-General's 'Good Offices' Help to End the Iran War?
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (320+ words) UN Secretary-General Ant'nio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council at the United Nations office in Geneva on February 23, 2026. Given the two-week ceasefire, the recent appointment of an experienced personal envoy…...
DCIP shuts down after 35 years amid Israel restrictions
1+ hour ago (682+ words) The non-governmental organization Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP) has ceased operations after 35 years, allegedly due to Israel's red tape around human rights groups. Defense for Children International (DCI) is a global movement headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1979. Its stated mandate…...
Iran's proposal to collect tolls in the Strait of Hormuz violates trade norms
12+ hour, 17+ min ago (955+ words) Yet collecting tolls in the strait would violate a basic and enduring principle of international maritime trade: freedom of peaceful navigation. It's an ancient idea that was codified by the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea, which…...
Peace Comes From an Absence of Evil, Not an Absence of War
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (280+ words) And they breaking of My people easily, saying, Peace, peace," but there is no peace," Jeremiah 6: 14 Everyone who is anyone is calling for peace. The calls for peace, Pope Leo's "Vigil for Peace' and the protests of peace might have…...