In the volatile waters where the Persian Gulf meets the Arabian Sea, Iran maintains a formidable and seemingly permanent influence over the
Last week, Brookings Metro’s Joseph Parilla and the Fund for Our Economic Future’s Brad Whitehead noted that money from the new American Rescue Plan Act (ARP)—the $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief package—represents an opportunity for state and local officials to “invest” in their communities rather than simply “spend” their significant allotments.
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President Joe Biden, his fellow liberals, and his friends in the national news media are purposely—and cynically—misrepresenting Georgia’s new election reform law, and it’s a key part of a far-reaching strategy that stretches well beyond the borders of the Peach State.
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Iran says it will not engage in negotiations with the United States at the planned talks in Vienna next week on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and global powers.
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Thousands of people in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado are on the move in search of safety, as the security situation remains volatile, after last week’s brutal attacks by armed groups in Palma district, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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A deadly attack on Friday against peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been condemned in the strongest terms by the UN Secretary-General.
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The aim of the UN-backed COVAX scheme is to get two billion vaccine doses into the arms of around a quarter of the population of poorer countries by the end of 2021.
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United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste are supporting response efforts, as floods and landslides left widespread damage across the country, including in capital Dili.
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EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell has assured the Ukrainian government of "unwavering EU support" in the conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country.
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Faced with government efforts to completely cut internet access, some Myanmar pro-democracy activists are turning to radio to reach the public, other activists and the military since the February 1 coup that brought the junta to power.
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When 67-year-old pensioner Qalida Akytkhan decided to join a small protest outside the Chinese Consulate in Almaty, it was three years after three of her sons were detained at a so-called "reeducation camp" in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
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