Middle East crisis: Live updates for 16 June
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After a weekend of massive strikes and counter-strikes between Tel Aviv and Tehran, the UN's human rights chief, Volker Türk...
UN project empowers refugees in Angola
With more than 160 refugees actively working the fields through the initiative, and another 110 expected to join soon, the impact resonates far beyond...
A Deal Between Two Gangsters
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Vantage Point VignetteComments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels
It appears that the bloody, genocidal collective punishment and war against Palestinian human...
Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters
“These figures are a clear warning: without bold and coordinated action, the number of people displaced within their own countries will continue to grow...
In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and...
Recalling his own experience living under dictatorship in Portugal, Mr. Guterres told participants at the Global Assembly of the international rights charity Amnesty International...
UNRWA chief renews call for probe into attacks on humanitarians in Gaza
Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini made the appeal in a statement posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.He noted that 15 months after the war...
DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that trucks packed with cereals, beans and cooking oil reached the city of Beni in North Kivu...
Ukrainians continue flee the frontline, as war stretches into fourth year
“In the last six months alone, more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from frontline areas in the east and north,” said Filippo Grandi,...
Malcolm X Day Edition — Report Back from Honoring Louise Langdon Little in Grenada
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May 19, 2025 Malcolm X Day Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Schmeeka Simpson...
Despite regional escalation, peace is still possible in Yemen: UN envoy
The crisis is unfolding as Yemeni Government forces, who are backed by a Saudi-led coalition and Houthi rebels – also known as Ansar Allah...
Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’
On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche was the...
DR Congo: Displaced people in South Kivu close to ‘utter desperation’, WFP says
That’s according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which announced on Tuesday that it is scaling up to deliver aid to more than 210,000 people displaced by the violence after a new...
Trump 2.0 and the implications for the Caribbean and the Americas — By Dr....
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By Dr. Michael Witter —
Even more urgently than in previous USA presidential elections, the Caribbean needs to anticipate the kinds of...
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
In occupied East Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli protesters illegally entered a compound of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA.The development comes after the Israeli...
Report Back From the MLK People’s Convention with Chairman Larry Hamm
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May 5, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point
The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guest Larry Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization...
Fearing a Second Blacklist?
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The Revolution promised freedom. Reconstruction promised equality. Neither fight is finished.
By Ben Jealous —
In my house, two legacies face each other.
On...
Remembering the Revolution: Lessons for Today
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In a state where towns revisit old stories and cities reel from new ones, America’s 250th asks what it really means...
They cannot rob us of our history and our place in America’s story
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By Ben Jealous —
My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit...
Freedom, Justice, Peace and Shared Good Everywhere
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Certainly, I’m aware that by the time this column is read, the election results will be in...
13 children killed in the West Bank since year began: UNICEF
In a statement issued by Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, the agency called for “the immediate cessation...
Haitians of Springfield, Ohio – just another footnote in this country’s long history of...
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Littane Ilfrard traces the deep and complex history of immigration to highlight why today’s Haitian immigrants in the U.S. deserve better.
By...
Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry at 95, Part III
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This Special Edition of Vantage Point, hosted by Dr. Ron Daniels, continues the conversation with Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Senior Pastor...
‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency
“Wildlife crime inflicts untold harm upon nature and it also jeopardizes livelihoods, public health, good governance and our planet’s ability to fight climate change,”...
