Iran has been elected to five United Nations committees, including the Commission on the Status of Women, which oversees the protection of women’s rights./ On Wednesday, Iran was appointed to the UN Economic and Social Council’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and also won a spot on the ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses a High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament during the 68th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York (Reuters)/ Despite their human rights records, the United Nations has elected the Islamic Republic of Iran, Cuba, Sudan and ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Thursday rejected U.S. criticism of its election to the United Nations' committee on non-governmental organizations (NGOs), saying Washington's rebuke came from "baseless accusations" and violated the spirit of cooperation needed at the world body./ U.S. ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power protested the election of repressive regimes including Iran to the U.N. Committee on Non-governmental Organizations which deals with civil society groups accredited to the United Nations. Iran's U.N. Mission responded Thursday by rejecting ...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday sharply criticized the election of Iran to the United Nations' committee on non-governmental organizations, saying it was a "troubling outcome."/ The harsh U.S. rebuke of the world body follows Washington's decision to deny entry to ...
Iran has dismissed US criticism of Tehran’s election to the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)./ On Thursday, Hamid Babaei, the spokesman for Iran's UN mission in New York, said Washington's criticism comes from “baseless accusations.” "Iran categorically rejects ...
Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York/ (Reuters) - Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star will not prevent the Republican candidate from pursuing his campaign to ...
generated image depicting tent camps for displaced Palestinians and a slogan that reads All Eyes on Rafah is sweeping social media. The post has been shared more than 47 million times by Instagram users including celebrities like Dua Lipa, Lewis Hamilton and Gigi and Bella Hadid. at a camp for ...
UiPath's Q1 ended in April. The company provides businesses with software that automates repetitive tasks and is frequently recognized as a leader in its industry. Even today, it announced that it was just recognized as a leader in document mining and analytics, according to . But despite being ...
An Egyptian soldier standing guard in a watch tower, seen from the Gaza city of Rafah (file image)/ Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said ...
The World No. 1 is free of all charges stemming from a confrontation outside Valhalla Golf Club on May 17./ Louisville officials have dropped all charges against on May 17. The dismissal of charges brings to a close one of the strangest incidents in a bizarre era for men's golf. Jefferson County ...
Russian President Putin inspects an exercise to test delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike, via a video link from Moscow/ (Reuters) - A senior member of a Russian think tank whose ideas sometimes become government policy has suggested Moscow consider a "demonstrative" nuclear explosion ...
More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago/ A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. "We are expecting another seven months of ...
After a price adjustment, Collier County will move ahead with the purchase of nearly 2,250 acres near Lake Trafford in Immokalee. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously agreed to pay $20.77 million for the land. The decision came after the sellers accepted a lesser offer, saving a few ...
Comedian Bill Maher clashed with Jewish actress and over whether the current rise in antisemitism comes mostly from the left or the right in the United States. Bernhard, who discussed the topic with Maher during a of his "Club Random" podcast, argued that antisemitism has been spreading thanks ...
The rise in executions in Iran has given rise to protests around the world/ The number of executions recorded globally in 2023 was the highest for eight years, as some Middle Eastern states sharply increased their use of the death penalty, Amnesty International says. A total of 1,153 people are ...