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The U.S. is employing some muscular diplomacy at the United Nations, where it faces a General Assembly vote on President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital. Trump has indicated that the U.S. would halt...

Syrian Children taking refuge behind a door – Photo Courtesy UNUCEF Since the end of World War II, international diplomatic forums have been advocating a strong case for human rights for all. Yet, seven decades after...

Reacting to President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the United Nations has said there is no alternative to the two-state solution and that the world body would strive for the two Middle Eastern...

A panorama of the Temple Mount, including Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Dome of the Rock, from the Mount of Olives. Credit: Bienchido/Wikimedia Commons In a major departure from the U.S. Middle East policy, President Donald Trump Wednesday recognized Jerusalem – a...

The chaos of our times is marked by so many factors – terrorism, gun violence, unprecedented onslaught of information, economic disparity, conflicting narratives, propagandist portrayals of the other and heart-rending images of human suffering – that...

A Palestinian girl inside her family’s partially destroyed home, looks at the destruction outside, in the Shejaiya neighbourhood of Gaza City. Photo: UNICEF Israel’s occupation in the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza are the...

Photo: Screenshot/ABC News President Donald Trump has appealed to leaders of Muslim countries excluding Iran to partner with the United States in stamping out terrorism but also emphasized that the fight against terror is not a...

Photo : Screenshot/White House official YouTube video President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and Rome – centers for followers of three monotheistic faiths – in a major move seeking to forge common cause in...

Clashes between Indian forces and Kashmir protesters Photo VOA via Wikimedia Amid brutal Indian campaign to gag protests on the streets of Kashmir, Pakistan raised the Kashmir dispute at the United Nations, eliciting a jittery response from...

Acting under instructions from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the UN Friday removed from its websites a report by one of its agencies concluding that Israel has established an “apartheid regime” that discriminates against Palestinians. Titled...