UN rejects US' declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
The United Nations has voted – overwhelmingly – to reject the US’ recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Of the 193...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 20, 20174 min read
US threatens aid cut, aims to wreck international system, using Jerusalem
The US government has threatened to cut aid to states which vote against it tomorrow at the UN General Assembly. As noted here...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 14, 20173 min read
US advice on Turkey risks wild misunderstandings; skirts with disaster
US national security advisor HR McMaster has claimed that Turkey is ‘funding and encouraging’ extremist Islamic and terror organisations....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 10, 20172 min read
'Defeat' of IS does not end Syria's war
Syrian journalist and activist Bahia al Mardini dismisses claims that Bashar al Assad has ‘won’ the war in Syria, and calls for democracy...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 3, 20174 min read
US uses migration to further undermine UN
In yet another measure which signals both its withdrawal from actively participating in international agreements, and its ongoing desire...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 30, 20174 min read
Sahel force; an exercise in folly
The UN meets today to discuss the formation of a five-nation, 5,000 soldier armed force to operate across the Sahel and into Libya. The...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 27, 20171 min read
Assad 'used gas against Syrian civilians' - UN
The United Nations’ Joint Investigative Mechanism reports that Bashar al Assad launched sarin gas projectiles at Khan Sheikun, a...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 24, 20173 min read
UN, Amnesty, call for Europe and US to do more to help refugees
The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has visited Washington DC to request the US does more to ‘show leadership’ on...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 12, 20173 min read
UNESCO - the US' attack on the UN
Israel and the US have announced that they will leave UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural protection body, with the latter citing...
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