Michael O'Flaherty, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has voiced mounting concern over the "growing fatigue and intensifying discussions" regarding the cessation of emergency protection measures for Ukrainian refugees within the EU and across Europe. O'Flaherty, who served as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission from 2011 to 2013, emphasized that a "slow and fragmented phase-out" of the European...
In a significant escalation of diplomatic pressure, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned Gulf nations that their own security is being endangered by allowing American and Israeli forces to operate from their soil. The warning was delivered via a post on X and marked one of Pezeshkian's most direct addresses to neighboring governments since the conflict began. The war between Iran and the US...