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Iran and seven other states are behind with payments to the United Nations. As a punishment, they are no longer allowed to vote in the central UN advisory body. Venezuela, Iran and six other countries have lost their voting rights in the United Nations because they are in arrears with their contributions.   With immediate effect, Sudan, the island state of Antigua and Barbuda, the Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu have also lost their voting rights in the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary General António Guterres informed the body in a letter on Wednesday. The General Assembly has the opportunity to restore the voting rights of affected states if it is of the opinion that a country is in default of payment due to events beyond its control.  He Wants To Set Limits For NATO According to Guterres, Iran is missing the equivalent of around 15 million euros, Venezuela almost 35 million euros and Sudan around 260,000 euros. The other countries have smaller a...

Karim Masimov, a close ally of the country's founding president Nursultan Nazarbayev, has been fired from his post as head of the KNB after protesters broke into government buildings in Almaty. The former head of the Kazakhstan intelligence agency has been detained on suspicion of high treason, this body said on Saturday, after being dismissed amid recent violent protests. The National Security Committee (KNB) has indicated in a statement that its former head Karim Masimov had been arrested on Thursday after an investigation for crimes of high treason began. NATO Is Also Preparing... "On January 6 of this year, the National Security Committee began a preliminary investigation for high treason," the statement said. "On the same day, on suspicion of committing this crime, the former director of the KNB KK Masimov was arrested and placed in a temporary detention center, along with others," he adds. Masimov, a close ally of the country's founding president Nursu...

According to President Kassym-Shomart Tokayev, the constitutional order in Kazakhstan has been restored. The government confirms civilian deaths for the first time. According to the Interior Ministry, 26 demonstrators were killed during the protests against the government in Kazakhstan. In addition, there were more than 3,000 arrests, reported the state broadcaster Khabar 24, citing the ministry. The authority therefore spoke of "armed criminals". Another 18 demonstrators were injured. State television had already spoken of dozens of "eliminated" people in the metropolis of Almaty on Thursday. That already suggested civilian deaths. The authorities had initially only confirmed the deaths of 18 security forces. Russia Has Arrived In Kazakhstan The Kazakh leadership stated that they were once again in control of the situation in the country. The constitutional order was "largely restored in all regions," said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. According to Kha...

State media report that the weapon hit a target 700 kilometres away. Japan and South Korea had previously reported the launch of a North Korean missile. North Korea claims that it has successfully tested a hyper-sonic missile. The academy for defense science shot down a rocket and precisely hit a predetermined target 700 kilometres away, the state media reported.  The news agency KCNA reported that the test had confirmed the functionality of the flight controls and the "stability of the rocket in the active flight phase". In addition, the "fuel ampoule system under winter conditions" had been successfully tested. Together with previous successes in testing hyper-sonic missiles, this is of "strategic importance". Hyper-sonic weapons can reach more than five times the speed of sound - around 6180 kilometres per hour - and are maneuverable in flight.  North Korea has launched a missile They are difficult to spot and intercept for conventional air def...

The fact that North Korea has launched a missile as a test during the month of January is something unusual, since at that time the North Korean People's Army is conducting winter maneuvers. North Korea launched a test projectile into the Sea of ​​Japan (called the East Sea in both Koreas) that the South Korean military considers to be a ballistic missile. The southern Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) initially reported that the North launched an "unidentified projectile" and minutes later sent a statement stating that "North Korea launched a projectile believed to be a ballistic missile from within of the country in the direction of the East Sea at 23.10 GMT on Tuesday". The text adds that the southern army is closely monitoring the situation in cooperation with US forces. For its part, the Japanese government has also indicated that it believes that what Pyongyang launched today is a ballistic missile. USA vs Russia & China: The Coldest War Threatens United Nat...

The Taliban have been back in power in Afghanistan since the summer. Many acts of violence are not documented. The UN paints a drastic picture of the situation. In Afghanistan, more than 100 former security forces have been killed since the Taliban came to power in August. This emerges from a new report by the United Nations (UN). In most cases, the acts were perpetrated by the radical Islamic group, said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif. At least eight Afghan activists and two journalists as well as at least 50 suspected members of an offshoot of the IS militia rivaling the Taliban were also killed. The Taliban also recruited child soldiers and oppressed women. The security situation of judges, public prosecutors and lawyers, especially women in the judiciary, is alarming. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has become the first Israeli leader to visit the United Arab Emirates. Naftali Bennett is working to improve relations with Gulf countries, including the ...

Eleven people are said to have been killed by soldiers in northwest Myanmar. The United Nations called the reports credible - among the dead were children. In Myanmar , government troops are said to have raided a village in the north-west of the country and burned 11 people alive. United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric expressed deep concern about the reports and condemned the violence. "Credible reports suggest that five children were among those killed," said the UN spokesman. Dujarric reminded the Myanmar military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible for "this heinous act" to be held accountable. Eyewitnesses reported the attack. Film footage showed the cremated bodies of eleven people lying in a circle amid the remains of a hut in the village of Done Taw in the Sagaing region. According to reports, the soldiers attacked the village on Tuesday, rounded up the...

The first real-world data on a new type of corona virus, Omicron , has emerged. Research by South African scientists has shown that the data suggest that this new type of corona may be somewhat invasive against the body's immune system against the disease. In fact, researchers have seen an increase in the number of people in South Africa who have been infected with Covid-19 for the second time or more. This is a preliminary analysis and is not conclusive, but corresponds to concerns about mutations in the spike protein of omicron . It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.  South Africa was the first to report this new strain of Corona, and experts around the world are trying to understand the real danger. More Cases Of Omicron Reported, Several Countries Closed Their Borders Now, the results of the first study on omecron have shown that the immunity developed in people who have had codes in the past may not be sufficient to protect them from  Omicron ...