(CNSNews.com) – Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Sunday called the “targeting” of the Muslim population in the Central African Republic “heartbreaking.” “You both have the devastating, heartbreaking, systematic targeting now of the Muslim population. You also have retaliatory attacks against Christians. That is just so painful to see these people […]
The US Senate has unanimously passed a bill barring known terrorists from entering the United States as ambassadors to the United Nations. The move came in response to the decision by Iran to appoint Hamid Aboutalebi, who participated in the 1979 hostage-taking of Americans in Tehran, as its UN ambassador. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf had called […]
The UN General Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution calling the Crimean referendum to secede from Ukraine invalid. The vote on the non-binding resolution was 100-11, with 58 countries abstaining, reported CNN. The vote is the latest indication of Russia’s isolation within the international community over its actions in Ukraine. Moscow formally annexed Ukraine’s southern […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had failed to fulfill his campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression, Reuters reported. Ban also noted the sharp rise in executions since Rouhani’s election. He made the comments in a report to the UN Human Rights Council. “The new administration […]
A short-lived truce has broken down in Ukraine as street battles have erupted between anti-government protesters and police. Last night the country’s embattled president and the opposition leaders demanding his resignation called for a truce and negotiations to try to resolve Ukraine’s political crisis. But hours later, armed protesters attempted to retake Independence Square, sparking […]
The only free market, liberty-loving country in the middle east is the Jewish State, Israel. And that state is faced with the prospect of Muslim destruction from abroad and cowardice-based destruction from within. While Israel stares down the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, a chaos-ridden Syria, and an increasingly Islamist wave washing over its neighbors, […]
Few countries have more negative myths associated with them than Russia. There are old myths about Russia being inherently authoritarian. There are new myths about Russia helping dictators or suppressing the gays. You can fight myths the long way – by finding gay bars in Moscow or by fishing out facts about Russia’s foreign policy […]
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called on Wednesday to put an end to the incitement against Israel. Speaking to the Security Council, Prosor said that incitement was still rampant across the Middle East, especially in the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Iran. “Any country that does not work to stop the incitement now […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times September 24, 2013 WT title: “A common culture for refugees” The lull in the chemical weapon crisis offers a chance to divert attention to the huge flow of refugees leaving Syria and rethink some misguided assumptions about their future. About one-tenth of Syria’s 22 million residents have fled across […]
The United Nations will host a new exhibition honoring the March of the Living. The exhibit, entitled “When You Listen to a Witness, You Become a Witness,” will launch on Tuesday, January 28, in the Visitor Centre, Dag Hammarskjold Library Lower Level. The opening event and reception will take place that evening in the Library […]
