While many countries in the region have expressed concerns about escalating tensions in the area following Iran’s attack on Israel, the Taliban government has deemed Iran’s attack on Israel as “justifiable,” while expressing support for Iran. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban stated in a statement released on […]
Saudi Arabia has been chosen to lead a top United Nations (UN) women's rights group. Campaigners have since lashed out at the unopposed bid, pointing the finger at the UN for ignoring the nation's "abysmal" treatment of women.Abdulaziz Alwasil, Saudi Arabia's envoy to the UN, was named the chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Alwasil's claim to the women's rights chair was utterly unchallenged, with no objection from any members present at the annual meeting.Sources have also...
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The UN´s upcoming Status of Women Commission will be chaired by Saudi Arabia; will this threaten or benefit gender politics across the world? This March, Saudi Arabia was elected to chair the UN‘s forum to promote women’s rights and reduce gender discrimination. None of the UN member states protested; Saudi Arabia UN´s ambassador, Abdulaziz Alswasil, […]
Scott Lively is livid about former Vice President Mike Pence becoming a fellow at Grove City College: “If I were a parent of college-bound teens, I’d cross this twice-failed ‘college of Christian compromise’ off my list and keep them as far away from the traitor Mike Pence as possible.” Rudy Giuliani says that while slavery […]
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin traveled to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to promote her new book, which is part history, part memoir about her and her late husband’s experiences in the 1960s. For Goodwin and Colbert, the main takeaway was that the achievements of the 60s, such as civil rights, are currently under threat. Goodwin’s husband Dick was an adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as well as Sen. Robert Kennedy, and she recalled to Colbert an...
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin traveled to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday to promote her new book, which is part history, part memoir about her and her late husband’s experiences in the 1960s. For Goodwin and Colbert, the main takeaway was that the achievements of the 60s, such as civil rights, are currently under threat. Goodwin’s husband Dick was an adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as well as Sen. Robert Kennedy, and she recalled to Colbert an...
Willem Engel of Covid conspiracy organization VirusWaarheid, his brother Ja, and their lawyer Jeroen Pols will soon be leaving the Netherlands for good, they revealed to BN De St
Sonia Sotomayor's statement on behalf of the Supreme Court suggests otherwise.
An excerpt from ‘Dance to Freedom: From Ghungroos to Gunpowder’, by AK Gandhi.
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act. It is possible that this outcome will be temporary. The Court did...
MONROVIA – In a sharp rebuttal to recent comments made by Representative Yekeh Kolubah, the Women NGOs Secretariat of Liberia (WONGOSOL) has vehemently criticized the lawmaker for his disparaging remarks against Women Human Rights Defenders. The statement comes in response to Rep. Kolubah’s derogatory characterization of women rights defenders as “less busy individuals” during a []