23 December 2025, 08:15
Latest threat comes as US coastguard continues to pursue a third oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Deadly attack comes as Gaza government media office says Israel violated ceasefire 875 times since it began in October.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Lyle Foster's match-winning 79th-minute strike allowed South Africa to win first opening match at AFCON since 2004.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Planned talks come as Southeast Asian leaders urge both countries to show 'maximum restraint' and return to dialogue.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Boxer Ty Mitchell told Al Jazeera why he had to confront far-right British activist Tommy Robinson.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Terms of North American free trade deal set to be renegotiated in 2026 under shadow of US tariff policies.
23 December 2025, 08:15
At least two people have been killed in clashes between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
23 December 2025, 08:15
Footage shows police dispersing crowds with tear gas at rallies for Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine in Kampala.
23 December 2025, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, December 23 (IPS) - Jeanne Kirkpatrick, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once made a highly-debatable distinction between “friendly” right-wing “authoritarian” regimes (which were mostly U.S. and Western allies) and “unfriendly” left-wing “totalitarian” dictatorships (which the U.S. abhorred).
Read the full story, “The World’s Right-Handed and Left-Handed Torturers”, on globalissues.org →
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23 December 2025, 08:15

GENEVA, December 23 (IPS) - In my more than 30 years with the United Nations, I’ve seen enormous change, collaboration and progress towards improving human development. But I’ve also seen how history has a way of repeating itself to entrench some of the most intractable global challenges.
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