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Iranian families pressured to falsify death records after regime kills protesting loved ones - CNN

The regime, rights groups stated, would routinely force the families to register their loved ones posthumously as members of the paramilitary Basij militia, a force affiliated with the IRGC.

A WOMAN holds a picture of a slain person during a memorial ceremony marking the 40th day of mourning for victims of "terrorism" killed in previous anti-government protests in Iran, at the Tehran Musalla on February 17, 2026.
RIYAD H. MANSOUR, Palestinian Permanent Observer to the United Nations, shakes hands with Eloy Alfaro de Alba, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN, before a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

Permanent Observer for Palestine withdraws candidacy for UN Presidency

UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese attends press conference in Geneva

Francesca Albanese denounces 'toxic' attacks against her

An Afghan Taliban fighter sits on a tank near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, following exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces

UN rights chief says Taliban decree expands executions, deepens repression


EU warns Iranian regime's protest crackdowns may constitute crimes against humanity

The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an end to the violence and repression, “including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, and torture.”

 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

A manicure, a memorial and the music of David - opinion

After two years of yellow hostage ribbons on her nails, the author removes them and finds meaning in orange, memory, and music.

‘David the Servant King’ takes the stage.

British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits

The museum told The Jerusalem Post that the term Palestine no longer holds a neutral designation and may be understood in reference to political territory.

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.

Israel’s law shaped Trump’s historic recognition of Golan Heights - opinion

President Donald Trump’s 2019 recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights sparked global debate over law, history, and security.

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Taiwan FM says China is real threat to security, claims to uphold UN principles of peace

China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a view the government in Taipei rejects, saying only the people of Taiwan can decide their future.

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference on the latest round of economic talks with the US, in Taipei, Taiwan, February 3, 2026.

Francesca Albanese represents UN inability to acknowledge truth and morality - opinion

Her over-the-top antisemitic views seem to be an offshoot of her desire to please her Jew-hating supporters and benefactors, to the point where she even compared Israel to Nazi Germany.

FRANCESCA ALBANESE, the United Nations special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, declared Israel “the common enemy of humanity.”

Death of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi deepens Libya’s political fragmentation - analysis

Whether Libya moves toward a unified state or renewed fragmentation now depends on whether a new mediator emerges to replace the one that is gone.

SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and chairman of the Al Qaddafi International Foundation for Charity and Development, addresses students and staff at the American University in Cairo, in 2010.

'We don't always agree with what she says': UN Chief Guterres distances himself from Albanese

The Secretary General's spokesperson explained that his team "doesn't agree with much of what she says, and wouldn't use the language that she uses to describe the situation in the region."

UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres smiles while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, January 16, 2026.

Main donor US unclear on UNRWA future, jettisoning it would leave black hole, agency chief says

UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini compared what would happen if the agency shut down to what happened in Iraq in 2003.

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, attends a meeting of the Global Alliance for the implementation of the two-state solution, at Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, January 15, 2025.

'Bye Francesca': UN's Albanese ousting must be pursued to restore basic standards - editorial

A clear decision by the Human Rights Council to remove Albanese would send a strong message about professionalism and equal standards for Jews and Israel.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese waves ahead of a conference.