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US, Israel Vote Against UN Resolution Condemning Translatlantic Slave Trade
The resolution overwhelmingly passed with 123 votes in favor and only the US, Israel, and Argentina voting against.
UN Experts Demand Probe Into Minab Massacre as Reports Find US Was Responsible
US military investigators reportedly believe US forces carried out the strike that killed 175 people, mostly children.
As Security Council Stalls, There Are Other Ways to Stop US-Israeli War on Iran
A “Uniting for Peace” resolution in the UN General Assembly can counter the Security Council's failure to act.
Trump Says US Giving $10B to “Board of Peace” — 12 Times US’s UN Contribution
Critics have said Trump is angling to replace the UN with the “Board of Peace,” which he is in charge of.
Human Rights Groups Call on Congress to Stop Purchase of Israeli Cluster Bombs
The US recently signed a $210M deal to buy cluster munitions. More than 100 states have ratified a treaty to ban them.
Mark Carney Warns “American Hegemony” Is Destroying World Order in Candid Speech
States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.
Israeli Forces Demolish UNRWA Buildings in “Unprecedented Attack”
UNRWA’s head called the attack “a new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law” by Israel.
UN Envoy Waltz Says US’s Goal Is to Wipe Out “Rivals” in Western Hemisphere
“You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries,” Waltz said.
Venezuelans Are Protesting US Bombing and Maduro’s Kidnapping
“People fear that there’s going to be more bombings,” said Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas.
Venezuelans Say They Will Continue to Resist in the Face of Trump’s Aggression
“It sounded like an earthquake, like the sky was falling down,” a journalist in Caracas said of the US strikes.