Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will seek to rejoin the U.N. Human Rights Council when elections are held later this year. Blinken said in a video address to the council Wednesday, “We humbly ask for the support of all U.N. member states in our bid to return to a seat […]
Prince has “been linked to the Trump administration, the Emirati leadership, and the Russians,” noted one expert Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of the mercenary firm Blackwater and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, sent weapons to a Libyan warlord in violation of a United Nations arms embargo, according to a […]
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan need to do more to meet the terms of a 2020 peace deal with the United States to allow for all international forces to leave the country by a May deadline. Stoltenberg spoke to reporters in Brussels ahead of a meeting later […]
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan late Saturday Japan time (5:23 am Saturday-Alaska Time). The quake occurred 37 miles beneath the ocean floor in the same region where the March 11th, 2011 quake and subsequent tsunami, damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Japanese residents breathed a sigh of relief […]