March 29, 2026 North Korean laborers describe brutal forced labor in Russia: 'Working like a cow, earning nothing' A North Korean forced labor survivor describes earning $800 a month but keeping only $10, with passports seized and no way to leave Russian work sites.
February 27, 2026 UN Human Rights Council chief cuts off speaker criticizing US-sanctioned official The U.N. Human Rights Council cut off a video statement by Anne Bayefsky in which she criticized U.N. officials, including U.S.-sanctioned Francesca Albanese.
February 27, 2026 UN Human Rights Council cuts off speaker who criticized a US-sanctioned official Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Director Anne Bayefsky's video statement for the UNHRC was cut off when the council determined that she had made "insulting and inflammatory" claims. (Credit: UN Web TV)
January 29, 2026 EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terrorists; Germany warns of rapid action The European Union approved new sanctions targeting Iranian officials and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group over protest suppression and Russia support.
January 16, 2026 UNRWA officials lobby congressional staffers against Trump terrorist designation threat UNRWA officials briefed congressional staffers on potential Trump administration plans to designate the U.N. agency as a terrorist organization.
January 16, 2026 Top Iranian general threatens to 'cut off' Trump's hand over potential military strikes Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei warns American military bases in the region would not be safe from retaliation as U.S. aircraft carrier reportedly moves toward Middle East.
January 15, 2026 Waltz: Human rights abuses in Iran are well-documented U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz says Iran’s Islamic regime is responsible for the deaths of ‘countless’ Americans and it is on an ‘illegal march’ toward a nuclear weapon in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.Â
November 19, 2025 New video of Christian church shooting in Nigeria released Leah Foundation President Gloria Sandi Puldu discusses the crisis facing Christians in Nigeria and rapper Nicki Minaj’s appearance at the United Nations on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’
October 8, 2025 Houthi rebels test US ceasefire with deadly strike on cargo ship Houthi rebels attacked the Dutch vessel Minervagracht in the Gulf of Aden, killing one Filipino crew member and separately detaining United Nations humanitarian workers.
September 25, 2025 Abbas appeals to Trump for peace in UN speech Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas urges U.S. role in ending conflict, calls Jerusalem Palestinians’ ‘eternal capital’