World News & Opinion

Farage gains “aura of respectability” after handily winning debate on EU membership By David C. Jennings | March 28, 2014

Election by election, Farage and his team are chipping away at the political establishment

Another outrageous UN appointment By UN Watch | March 28, 2014

Only U.S. can stop these outrageously partisan and problematic appointments

Three Things That Don’t Make Sense in Putin’s World By Heritage Foundation Amy Payne | March 28, 2014

Much of Russia’s power in the region is the result of its control of energy supplies and distribution systems

Antisemitism at the UN, Then and Now By Guest Column | March 27, 2014

Vienna Declaration of Human Rights and Programme of Action

Exclusive: Under Arab pressure, UN set to reject vetted nominee, instead pick Indonesian with partis By UN Watch | March 26, 2014

Diplomats say that Indonesia's former UN envoy is slated to become the next Human Rights Council monitor for Palestinian issues, but his objectivity is being questioned

UN Double Standard on Iraq vs. Ukraine By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 26, 2014

Music to Putin’s ears as he contemplates further expansionist moves in blatant violation of the UN Charter

West rejects justice in Egypt By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah | March 25, 2014

Egypt’s El-Minya criminal court recommends death penalty for Muslim Brotherhood operatives; EU’s Ashton disapproves, State Dept. Marie Harff riled

Man’s inhumanity to man: Cannibalism in China By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh | March 25, 2014

Man’s inhumanity to man is hard to fathom, especially when it is driven by blind ideological hatred in service to tyranny

Saeb Erakat’s Rabbit Hole By Victor Sharpe | March 25, 2014

Changing the Historical Narrative: Saeb Erekat’s New Spin

Palestinian delegation fails to block UN group revealing it tried to fire controversial investigator By UN Watch | March 24, 2014

Falk is the only UN official in history to have been denounced by top UN figures and world leaders

Falk’s departure is victory for Palestinians and human rights By UN Watch | March 24, 2014

Palestinian UN delegation tried to fire Richard Falk for Hamas support, froze his report; today is his last day

Obama totes Muslim Brotherhood baggage on his Saudi trip By Ali Al Sharnoby | March 24, 2014

Obama doesn't want to admit his mistakes, because it requires a complete change in his ideology, and would mean that his outlook for the world is fundamentally wrong

Putin’s Crimea blitzkrieg By Bogdan Kipling | March 24, 2014

Mr. Obama is both, oblivious to the signals he sends and tone –deaf to sound of his uncertain trumpet

The worst alternative By Caroline Glick | March 21, 2014

The lesson from Abbas’s real game and Obama’s apparent support for it is that the status quo is devastating for Israel

UN police catch Chinese agent spying on Canadian rights activist By UN Watch | March 20, 2014

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Palestine—Kerry Risks Sacrificing Holy Land For Holy Dollar By David Singer | March 20, 2014

Abandoning the Holy Land for the holy dollar is a recipe for another potential humanitarian disaster and an American foreign policy failure of massive proportions

Another Wasted War of Words at UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 20, 2014

Obama serving as lead insurance salesman for ObamaCare rather than on the deteriorating health of the world occurring under his watch

Eareckson Tada slams Belgian euthanasia law as British lawmakers consider the matter By David C. Jennings | March 20, 2014

Assisted suicide is a pariah that needs to be stopped dead in its tracks. It demeans the value of life and places scientific objectivity on a higher plane

The Path to War By Alan Caruba | March 19, 2014

World watches as the U.S., allies, and Russia close in on a repeat of the last century’s history with the added threat of nuclear arms capable of destroying entire nations

Six Powers Must Heed Warnings of New UN Reports on Iran Rights Violations By UN Watch | March 19, 2014

EU's Ashton wraps up "substantive and useful" Vienna round with Iran, as two UN reports detail worsening human rights situation

Clash at UN: China Tries to Stop Testimony by Daughter of Jailed Democracy Leader Wang Bingzhang By UN Watch | March 18, 2014

Democracies Rally to Her Defense

Calling On President Obama to Insist On Russia’s Immediate Suspension as a Member of the UN Human Ri By Human Rights Voices | March 18, 2014

Russia’s membership on the Council directly undermines the credibility and legitimacy of the United Nations in general and its human rights system in particular

British based charity Oxfam engages in political research, attacks the wealthy By David C. Jennings | March 18, 2014

Get Oxfam out of the lobbying business and back to raising money for famine relief

Obama’s idea of ‘sanctions’: Let all Putin’s main henchmen off the hook By Dan Calabrese | March 18, 2014

Weak, ineffectual sanctions are really just a logical extension of Obama's domestic governing approach

Russia Vetoed the UN Charter By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United Nations Columnist | March 16, 2014

Ukrainian crisis, Does Russia Want War?

The Death of Labour Party ideologue Tony Benn By David C. Jennings | March 15, 2014

Hope that the value he placed on principle will once again find a greater stage in government circles and in the political world.

What Ukraine Needs from the U.S. NOW By Heritage Foundation Luke Coffey | March 14, 2014

The world needs America to step up

Palestine – A Stone’s Throw Away From Syria By David Singer | March 14, 2014

Genocidal assault on Arab children in Syria

Islamist extremist plot to take over Birmingham schools exposed By David C. Jennings | March 13, 2014

Operation Trojan: Step-by-step guide on how to infiltrate school staff with hardline Muslim supporters who can push through plans to transfer the schools into academies

The Palestinian’s Real Enemies By Alan Caruba | March 12, 2014

No matter where Palestinians lived throughout the Middle East, they were endlessly harassed by Arab nations