Thalif Deen
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A New Arms Race is Threatening to Take-off—this time in Outer Space (opens the original)
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) - The world’s ongoing arms race is threatening to extend beyond planet earth—and spillover into outer space. The US has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said last week, according to Cable News Network (CNN). His comments marked the first public acknowledgment of such capabilities, though he offered no details about the weapons or when they were put into orbit. “Today we continue to ensure we re
The Lighter Side of Politics at the UN General Assembly (opens the original)
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) - When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next week– it will be rare to hear hard-hitting, headline-grabbing political statements from the podium. The speeches before the 193-member General Assembly, and UN press briefings that occasionally follow, are mostly long-winded and monotonously boring. The exceptions, however, are rare. When Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi visited the UN in September 2009, a repor
US Plans to Restrict Foreign Journalists Trigger Rising Protests (opens the original)
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 10 2026 (IPS) - First, it was the mass deportations of undocumented aliens, then a crackdown on liberal-minded academics from prestigious US Universities, and now, restrictions on foreign journalists based in the US. The proposed restrictions may also affect scores of journalists covering the UN, including those who are part of national delegations scheduled to arrive in New York next week for the high-level segment of the 81st session of the General Assembly, with over 130 w
Will the Future of the UN be Dictated by a Hostile US? (opens the original)
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 2026 (IPS) - As the UN commemorates its 81st anniversary, one lingering question remains: what is the future of the world body.? Will a hostile US downsize its operations at the United Nations, cut down its funding, continue defaulting in its payments — and perhaps eventually, withdraw from the world body? So far, the US has pulled out of three UN agencies and one UN-affiliated body — including the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultura
UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking (opens the original)
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19 2026 (IPS) - When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s, the office of the Secretary-General sent a memo that read: “Smoking was Discouraged” in the UN building—sounding far short of a ban. The Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov (1994-2004), currently the country’s Foreign Minister, left a Security Council meeting and pulled out a cigarette in the presence of half a dozen reporters waiting for
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