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UAE Names Fossil Fuel Mogul to Lead U.N. Climate Talks

The United Arab Emirates, which will host this year’s COP28 United Nations climate conference, named the head of its state oil company as the president of that summit on Thursday – outraging environmental activists who oppose the existence of all fossil fuels as a threat to the planet.

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Haiti Loses Its Last Elected Officials as Senate Terms End

Haiti reached an unfortunate milestone on Tuesday morning, as the last ten senators in its parliament departed from their offices, leaving the country with no elected officials whatsoever. (Prime Minister Ariel Henry is still there, but he was not elected – he became “acting” leader of the government after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021.)

Haiti's Senate President Jocelerme Privert attends a session in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

U.N. Suspends Some Afghanistan Programs After Taliban Bans Women from Working

The United Nations announced on Wednesday that it has suspended certain “time-critical” activities in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban edict barring women from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs.) Such organizations are heavily involved in delivering food and medicine to the large number of displaced, impoverished, and oppressed people in Afghanistan.

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Exclusive – Iranian Opposition Group: Iran Has ‘Failed’ to Quell Uprising, Regime’s Overthrow ‘Now Inevitable’

The “overthrow” of the Islamic regime of Iran is “inevitable,” as it has “failed” in quelling the current uprising, according to a leading member of Iran’s parliament-in-exile, who called on the Biden administration and international community to increase sanctions and “terminate” all diplomatic and political ties with “barbaric” Tehran.

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U.S., Israel Slam U.N. Official over Antisemitic Remarks

Israeli and American officials blasted a United Nations attorney who is leading an “neutral, third party” investigation into Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians after her long history of antisemitic comments was revealed in an explosive report on Wednesday

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U.N. Demands Israel Surrender Its Nuclear Arsenal

The U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday voted with an overwhelming majority on a resolution calling for Israel to get rid of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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U.N. Complains World Has Too Many Nigerians

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released a report with great fanfare on Tuesday that estimated the world’s population has passed 8 billion, with most of the growth occurring in low-income regions such as sub-Saharan Africa.

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U.N. Votes to Take Israel to International Court over ‘Illegal Occupation’

A United Nations committee approved a draft resolution Friday calling on the International Court of Justice in the Hague to urgently issue its opinion on the legal consequences of allegedly denying the Palestinian people the right to self-determination, a move Israel’s envoy to the global body maintains will “endanger” the country’s future as well as any chance of peace with the Palestinians.

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