National Security

Israel Leaves U.N. Human Rights Council

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Thursday that his nation has withdrawn from the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) because the organization protects abusers of human rights around the world, pushes antisemitic rhetoric, and constantly harasses Israel.

Israeli Flag draped (Joel Pollak)

Uganda and Rwanda Get More Involved in Congo Guerilla War

Uganda has reportedly dispatched another thousand soldiers into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), joining a rapidly-escalating battle in which a vicious Rwanda-supported insurgency called M23 has captured a regional capital and set its sights on the seat of government in Kinshasa.

An M23 officer talks to prospective recruits in Goma on February 6, 2025. More than a week