Human Rights lawyer Hillel Neuer roasts Pakistan in 4 seconds at the UN. Pakistan invited international embarrassment at the UN when its delegate interrupted UN Watch director Hillel Neuer but called out in turn as a ‘state sponsor of terror’. Neuer, a human rights lawyer, was calling out Qatar for harboring terrorists, acting as a…
Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Sri Lanka on Monday (September 8, 2025) opposed international intervention on its human rights situation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, asserting that such actions undermine ongoing domestic efforts to ensure justice and reconciliation. The 60th regular…
A medical mystery in Maryland has jolted health authorities. A traveler returning from Guatemala was found infected with the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite long thought banished from American soil. According to Reuters, it is the first confirmed human case in the United States since the parasite began creeping north from Central America last…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced new sanctions against a senior UN Human Rights Council official who criticized Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Rubio accused the official of leading a “campaign of political and economic warfare” against both the United States and Israel, as reported by Politico. Francesca Albanese, UN Human Rights Council…
A woman in a town near Kyiv photographs Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko’s statue, which was damaged in the early days of the war with Russia Art and culture are both among the first casualties of war. Conflict not only makes people more parochial, it also breeds myths and misconceptions. It damages the soul and impedes…
The UAE, which currently has one UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Cultural Sites of Al Ain inscribed in 2011, is now pursuing recognition for Jebel Faya as its second/ Image: Sharjah Archaelogy Authority Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery at Jebel Faya in the Emirate of Sharjah, unearthing 80,000-year-old stone tools that fundamentally reshape our…
Smoke billows in the distance from an oil refinery following an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on June 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others, a human rights group said Monday (June 23, 2025). The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists…
All use of AI for the military will be consistent with OpenAI usage guidelines, according to the startup [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS The U.S. Department of Defence on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military. San Francisco-based OpenAI will “develop prototype frontier AI…
U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner addresses a multi-faith event in commemoration of the victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last week, at India House in London. | Photo Credit: PTI The United Kingdom and India are united in their grief for all those impacted by the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash…
Russian crude shipping rates rose sharply after a new round of U.S. sanctions on Russian energy interests unveiled in January took effect. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters IFreight rates for Russian oil shipments from the Baltic ports to India eased further in the period from late May to early June, thanks to high…
