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Spain’s handling of the HV Hondius cruise ship crisis has ignited both international praise and fierce domestic political backlash after the vessel carrying passengers exposed to a hantavirus outbreak was allowed to
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A dramatic confrontation at the United Nations Security Council has underscored the growing risk of a wider international crisis, as Russia and China vetoed a resolution condemning Iran’s closure of the Strait
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Failure of the UN system is ultimately a failure of its member states to maintain and foster its objectives. Inequality in the power of member states, and the partiality shown by some
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The Middle East is teetering on the edge of a far wider conflict, the United Nations has warned, as escalating military exchanges between Iran, the United States and Israel ripple across the
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Who decides the future of Iran? Who holds the authority to speak for a people under repression? These are questions that have guided the work of Emily Schrader, an American-born journalist, activist,
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“Something has gone terribly wrong… We are the victim of a system.” Ronny (formerly Aharon Leshno-Yaar), a former Israeli diplomat, doesn’t ease into his critique of the United Nations. After nearly four
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The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have issued a strongly worded statement expressing serious concern over recent developments in the Middle East, particularly the military strikes carried out on the
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Once, the United Nations was a custodian of peacekeeping missions aimed at maintaining order and reducing anarchy in transnational affairs. Hence, it has been globally recognized as the backbone of collective security.
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Nearly 8,000 people died or went missing along global migration routes in 2025, according to the International Organization for Migration, which cautions that the real number is likely significantly higher due to
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A new United Nations report has issued a stark warning for Asia and the Pacific: at the current pace, 88% of the region’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets are on track to
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