The UN has estimated that "one in every 23 people" in the world needs humanitarian assistance. This means that this year, "a record 339 million people [which amounts to a significant increase" (65 million) from 274 million early in 2022.

The revelation that the US and Iran have agreed to exchange prisoners and the US will release $6 billion in Iranian funds blocked in Korean banks should defuse rising tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Last week's court appearance by Donald Trump in Washington was his third in four months. He faces 44 federal charges and 34 state charges in three jurisdictions, the nation's capital, Miami and New York City.

This weekend's meeting in Jeddah of officials from a wide range of countries aims at formulating a common approach to peacemaking between Ukraine and Russia.

The Israeli Knesset's adoption of a law curbing the authority of the country's courts to check "unreasonable" policies of the executive and legislature was no surprise. Prime Minister Benjamin's hard-right coalition has the votes, 64 in the 120 seat Knesset, to pass the measure.

Iran’s morality police have resumed foot and vehicle patrols with the aim of enforcing the clerical government’s mandatory headscarf/hijab codes.

US President Joe Biden's plan to send cluster munitions to Ukraine for use against Russian forces in the ongoing war is controversial because it is bad, immoral and could involve commission of a war crime if civilians suffer.  He said the decision to dispatch these weapons w

Faced with possible jail time in an everlasting trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of tailoring the Israeli political system to end his legal peril and to meet the territorial expansionist demands of his extr

US President Joe Biden said he won’t make it easy for Ukraine to join NATO. Ukraine has to meet the requirements to be a member. “So, I’m not going to make it easier,” Biden stated in convoluted prose.