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US to revoke Colombian President Petro’s visa over call to ‘disobey’ Trump

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:45pm
The Colombian leader was filmed joining thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters outside UN headquarters in New York.
Categories: South Asia

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon among names in new Epstein documents

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 7:23pm
One calendar entry, dated December 6, 2014, reads: 'Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)'.
Categories: South Asia

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,311

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 5:36pm
Here are the key events on day 1,311 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Categories: South Asia

UN sanctions on Iran set to return after failed delay bid

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 4:52pm
All UN sanctions on Iran are set to be reimposed on Saturday after a Russian-Chinese bid to delay them failed.
Categories: South Asia

At least 60 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Netanyahu vows to ‘finish job’

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 3:58pm
Half of the victims on Friday died in Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, while 13 others were killed near GHF aid sites.
Categories: South Asia

Moldova bans pro-Russian parties ahead of Sunday’s election

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 3:39pm
Moldova election rocked by bans on pro-Russian parties as EU path hangs in balance.
Categories: South Asia

Netanyahu UNGA address sees props, accusations, and protests

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 3:19pm
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu brought props and angry accusations to the UN General Assembly.
Categories: South Asia

US Supreme Court sides with Trump on freezing $4bn in foreign aid

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 2:50pm
A lower court had previously ordered Trump to disburse the congressionally approved aid before its expiration date.
Categories: South Asia

Recognising Palestine vs holding Israel accountable?

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 2:45pm
French official Pascal Confavreux says the two-state solution has been saved from ‘the moral danger’ it was in.
Categories: South Asia

Omer Bartov on Gaza genocide and Israel’s history of occupation

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 2:45pm
Marc Lamont Hill speaks with Omer Bartov about how Israel’s war in Gaza became genocide.
Categories: South Asia

UN High Commissioner Volker Türk On Human Rights

CFR - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 2:21pm

From Sudan to the war in Gaza, 2025 has seen the continuation of major humanitarian crises across the globe. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, examines a range of these crises, while also exploring issues such as financing, reform, and declining multilateral consensus. 

 

This conversation was hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations during the 80th United Nations General Assembly. 

 

Background Reading: 

  • This expert brief outlines the Trump administration's move away from UN human rights standards. 
  • This post discusses the most recent U.S. report on Human Rights Practices. 

 

Host: Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

 

Guest: Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

 

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To keep tabs on all CFR events, visit cfr.org/event. To watch this event, please visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/Hami3lD8MeY?si=8Uzbhk09q45hB8jC 

Categories: Defense Policy

Protests, calls for sanctions greet Netanyahu at UN amid Gaza horrors

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 1:44pm
Israeli prime minister faces protests inside and outside UN General Assembly deepening Israel's international isolation.
Categories: South Asia

China hails multilateralism, takes digs at US tariffs

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 1:41pm
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says protectionist measures, including tariffs, are a major cause of global economic stagnancy.
Categories: South Asia

‘Beyond humanity’: Israeli strike devastates Gaza City neighbourhood

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 1:31pm
Hours before Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 80th UNGA, Israeli strikes continued to bombard the Gaza Strip.
Categories: South Asia

India beat Sri Lanka in Super Over on eve of 2025 Asia Cup final

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 1:17pm
India take all the way by Sri Lanka in final Super Fours match before Sunday's Asia Cup final against Pakistan.
Categories: South Asia

Assata Shakur, US Black liberation activist exiled in Cuba, dies at 78

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 12:40pm
The fugitive revolutionary spent decades in exile after escaping from a US jail in 1979.
Categories: South Asia

Sanctions against Iran set to snap back after UN Security Council vote

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 12:27pm
Security Council votes against delaying reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
Categories: South Asia

Interest rate cut offers hope to Canada’s sluggish housing market

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 12:24pm
Bank of Canada decision comes as months of slow home sales inched up after uncertainty over US tariffs.
Categories: South Asia

UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 12:10pm
Report exposes global firms profiting from Israel’s unlawful settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank.
Categories: South Asia

Malta PM: I can’t bear to see ‘pain and suffering’ of Gaza’s children

AJE - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 11:19am
Prime Minister of Malta Robert Abela spoke of victims of Israel’s war in Gaza who get medical care in his country.
Categories: South Asia
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