Nikki Haley and the awful dilemma posed by South Sudan

Nikki Haley and the awful dilemma posed by South Sudan

The Trump administration has dispatched one of its top diplomatic officials to Africa this week, as it grapples with a brutal civil war in South Sudan that has unleashed the continent’s biggest refu­gee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, began her three-nation swing Monday in Ethi­o­pia, […]

On this day in history: The United Nations is born

On this day in history: The United Nations is born

Today is United Nations day. 1945 brought about the close of WWII and the dawn of the United Nations. They hoped that such an alliance would prevent a war like that from ever happening again. After WWI, a group called the League of Nations was born.  Like the United Nations, its purpose was to stop […]

US to withdraw from UNESCO due to ‘anti-Israel bias’

US to withdraw from UNESCO due to ‘anti-Israel bias’

The United States has decided to withdraw from UNESCO, which will take effect next year.  The U.S. State Department said the withdrawal was due to anti-Israel bias alongside some financial considerations.  They stated a “need for fundamental reform in the organization” and will continue as a “non-member observer state” in the future. UNESCO (United Nations […]

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara: Who are they?

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara: Who are they?

In sub-Saharan Africa, trouble keeps expanding in the form of new branches of extremist terror and criminal organizations. The question today is: Who is the Islamic State in the greater Sahara? The easy answer to that question is they are an Islamic State affiliation, which means they fall in line with Al Baghdadi’s group in […]

U.S. bombers fly further north than ever as N.K. bolsters aerial defenses

U.S. bombers fly further north than ever as N.K. bolsters aerial defenses

For the first time since tensions began to rise between the United States and North Korea, Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers from Guam and Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan flew alongside the Korean peninsula north of the demilitarized zone over the weekend.  Although the aircraft remained in international airspace, this marks […]

BREAKING: North Korea claims Trump declared war on Twitter, threatens to target U.S. Aircraft

BREAKING: North Korea claims Trump declared war on Twitter, threatens to target U.S. Aircraft

Although tensions seemed to fizzle between the United States and North Korea in recent months, after Kim Jong un announced he would be tabling plans to launch long-range ballistic missiles toward American bases in Guam, recent weeks have seen yet another dramatic increase in aggressive rhetoric between the two nations. President Trump, who has dubbed North […]

Flaunting Trump and U.N. resolutions, Iran claims to test new missile

Flaunting Trump and U.N. resolutions, Iran claims to test new missile

State-run media in Iran released footage which purported to show the successful test fire of a new medium-range ballistic missile shortly after making its debut in public during a military parade in Tehran. The missile, called the Khorramshahr, bears similarities to a North Korean ballistic missile called the Musudan, and is said to be able […]

Drone hits Army helicopter flying over Staten Island

Drone hits Army helicopter flying over Staten Island

Two Blackhawks with the 82nd Airborne out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina were in the city on duty for the United Nations General Assembly, WCBS 880’s Alex Silverman reported. The Army said the choppers were flying low along the east shore of Staten Island when a drone slammed into the side of one of them. They […]

Russian Foreign Minister accuses Trump of ‘demonizing’ North Korea in UN speech

Russian Foreign Minister accuses Trump of ‘demonizing’ North Korea in UN speech

After President Trump spoke before the UN assembly on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia is “extremely concerned” about the President’s statements regarding the Iran nuclear deal, North Korea and accused the United States of trying to force its influence on other nations. Lavrov did applaud one portion of Trump’s speech, […]

‘The most persecuted minority in the world’: Here’s what you need to know about the Rohingya crisis

‘The most persecuted minority in the world’: Here’s what you need to know about the Rohingya crisis

With the United Nations convening this week for its annual General Assembly of speeches and meetings, several issues are taking center stage. In addition to discussing the looming threat of a nuclear-capable North Korea, tensions with Iran, and combatting climate change, world leaders are also addressing the growing and increasingly dangerous crisis brewing between the Rohingya […]

US weighs whether to stay in Iran nuclear deal

US weighs whether to stay in Iran nuclear deal

The United States said on Wednesday it is weighing whether the Iranian nuclear deal serves its security interests even as Iran said it did not expect Washington to abandon the agreement. A collapse of the 2015 deal, which U.S. President Donald Trump has called “an embarrassment” but which is supported by the other major powers […]