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Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to 'lawless aggression'

Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to 'lawless aggression'

Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to "lawless aggression", saying 90 million citizens were in "grave danger" from US and Israeli strikes. At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where countries were discussing the rights situation in Iran,

Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN

Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN

Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in Geneva on Monday. The founding committee of the new International Panel on Inequality (IPI), made up of country representatives and inequality experts including Nobel

World in 'new dark age' of abuse: UN rights expert

World in 'new dark age' of abuse: UN rights expert

The world has entered a "new dark age of abuses", with the United States "raining death" on Iran and Venezuela, a UN special rapporteur said Thursday. Ben Saul, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while

UN chief slams 'unlawful attacks', says Mideast could spiral out of control

UN chief slams 'unlawful attacks', says Mideast could spiral out of control

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Friday "unlawful attacks" across the Middle East and warned that the situation could spiral out of control as the conflict spreads to multiple countries. US and Israeli forces launched a massive air campaign against Iran on February 28. Iran has retaliated

With Iran war, US goes it alone like never before

With Iran war, US goes it alone like never before

When the United States fought the 1991 Gulf War, president George H.W. Bush boasted of building a broad coalition unseen in decades. When his son attacked Iraq in 2003, he faced wide criticism but secured several steadfast US allies. Now, a generation later, President Donald Trump has attacked Iran,

EU asylum applications down but Iran concerns mount

EU asylum applications down but Iran concerns mount

Asylum applications to the EU dropped by almost 20 percent in 2025, the bloc's asylum agency said Tuesday -- warning however that a crisis in Iran could result in refugee movements of "unprecedented magnitude". Turmoil in the Islamic republic risked upending a downward trend in requests for

'Thank you, madam president': Melania Trump leads UN Security Council as Iran war rages

'Thank you, madam president': Melania Trump leads UN Security Council as Iran war rages

First Lady Melania Trump pressed the cause of children caught in conflict as she chaired a UN Security Council meeting Monday as the US-Israeli war against Iran raged. Ambassadors from all of the Security Council's members, including Washington's rivals Russia and China, lined up to