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League of Arab States Date: 31/03/2026 The League of Arab States (Palestine and Occupied Arab Territories Sector) issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli Knesset’s approval, on 30 March, of a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners. It calls upon the international community, the United Nations, the Security Council, and the International Criminal Court to take immediate and decisive action to annul this unlawful legislation, hold the leaders of the occupation accountable for their crimes, and ensure international protection for Palestinian prisoners. This racist and brutal law, which clearly and discriminatorily targets Palestinian prisoners to the exclusion of others,…

The war with Iran is into its fifth week, and despite much of its military power being destroyed by U.S. and Israeli strikes, Tehran has yet to give in or show any signs of external vulnerability or internal destabilization. If anything, it is increasingly convinced that whenever the guns fall silent, it will come out on top.The main source of Iran’s confidence is its upper hand in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints and aortic valves of globalized production.In response to U.S. and Israeli attacks, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has closed the strait…

Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu has already done what most fighters never will. The ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion submitted Fabricio Andrade in December to claim the belt and become only the second Mongolian to hold ONE MMA gold. Now, barely four months into his reign, his ambitions have already moved to the next mountain. “The Tormentor” has set his sights on ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai. A potential super-fight between the Mongolian champion’s relentless grappling and the Chinese knockout artist’s devastating power would be one of the biggest bouts ONE Championship could make — and Baatarkhuu knows exactly why he…

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is expected to reach an unprecedented deployment of 11 months, the chief of naval operations confirmed Tuesday.Adm. Daryl Caudle said the USS Gerald R. Ford, which is currently sitting at 281 days, would likely see a “record-breaking deployment” while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.The current record is held by the USS Midway, which was deployed at sea for 332 days during the Vietnam War.The USS Gerald R. Ford is currently undergoing maintenance in Croatia after a non-combat fire in its main laundry room injured three sailors, damaged 100 sleeping…

Background Maternal and perinatal quality collaboratives (M/PQCs) across nearly all U.S. states focus on improving health care and outcomes for birth parents and their infants. In the context of increases in maternal morbidity (MM) and severe maternal mortality (SMM) in the USA, M/PQCs increasingly focus on addressing maternal care and disparities in care that are partly driving observed increases in SMM and MM. To date, quality care or safety bundles and other programming from state-based M/PQCs have been implemented by hospitals and other collaborating partners, while various studies have assessed their impact. However, no extant reviews synthesize the findings of…

KYIV, Ukraine — While interceptor drones have become one of the most sought-after commodities of the Iran war, Ukrainian officials and defense practitioners are cautioning allies to recognize that the pace of today’s battlefield requires them to buy into an entirely new system of production alongside the endpoint weapon.“Expertise is not a drone, but a skill, a strategy, a system where a drone is one part of the defense,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters on Monday.Ukraine now produces roughly 1,000 interceptor drones a day through hundreds of vetted manufacturers, deliberately dispersed so that no single strike can cripple the…

The Agriculture Department is planning to move the Forest Service’s headquarters across the country to Salt Lake City, Utah — the first step of a broader agency reorganization. USDA said relocating the Forest Service headquarters will “begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency,” as well as a consolidation of its facilities nationwide. The department, in its announcement on Tuesday, said this reorganization would bring agency leaders and employees closer to the communities they serve. The vast majority of Forest Service land is concentrated in the Western part of the country. As part of this reorganization, the Forest Service has designated…

A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, an airborne warning and control system, was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia — one of several strikes on the installation since Operation Epic Fury began Feb. 28. Two weeks earlier, on March 13, five KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft were damaged on the flight line, two U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal, as reported by Military Times.Since Feb. 28, Iran has struck radar systems, satellite communications and mission-critical aircraft at at least seven U.S. bases across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait,…

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the United States has launched at least 850 Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles just over one month into Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. That number far exceeds the missile’s use in previous conflicts, according to an assessment from the Center for Strategic International Studies by Mark Cancian and Chris Park. Though the Department of Defense does not divulge the precise number of Tomahawks in the U.S. arsenal, the CSIS analysis estimates the U.S. still has around 3,000. It is a highly advanced weapon; in addition to its impressive 1,000-mile range…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Date: 2026-03-31 The government of the Republic of Korea expresses its deep concern over the recent casualties sustained by Indonesian peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and condemns all actions that threaten the safety of UNIFIL, including the Dongmyeong Unit. The government of the Republic of Korea calls to attention that attacks against UNIFIL are a violation of international humanitarian law and of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, and urges that international obligations be upheld under any circumstances. NEWSLETTER Join the…