On Wednesday July 9, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the imposition of sanctions by the United States under a Presidential Executive Order targeting Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine. Her crime? Speaking the truth about the Gaza genocide and those who profit from it.
As Trump and Netanyahu cosy up in Washington again with fresh talks on Gaza, one thing is certain: there is no Israeli atrocity, however diabolical, that the US will not back. Here I pick at Dorothy Shea’s narrative after yet another US veto blocking moves to put an end to the genocide.
UN-aligned recently partnered with FLED Nicaragua to translate their annual report from Spanish into English, highlighting the grave state of press freedom in the country.
Pyrocumulonimbus clouds—massive thunderheads formed by wildfire heat—are making wildfires more dangerous. They generate lightning and strong winds that spread flames, while injecting smoke into the upper atmosphere. As wildfires intensify with climate change, these fiery clouds are becoming more frequent and destructive.
Despite the “business as usual” attitude of most of the world’s
politicians and the people the media like to keep in the spotlight,
the genocidaires are hurting. The protests, the immolations, the
hunger strikes, the courageous acts of defiance… They are slowly
taking their toll.
June began with the death of two literary giants: Edmund White (died June 3, 2025 at 85) and Frederick Forsyth (died June 9,2025 at 86). Our literary editor, Alex Liberto, had met and corresponded with the former and has written this touching tribute.
Following a successful AGM, during which Adrian Liberto was confirmed as Chair and Partho Chatterjee as Vice-Chair, UN-aligned would like to highlight some of the priorities for the remainder of 2025…
Is Donald Trump to be taken seriously when openly speaking of denuclearization?
From bioenergy to oil recovery, construction materials to clean fuel… here are four ways to utilise carbon dioxide.
Harris’s defeat is no tragedy; it’s a sliver of justice, a rare rebuke from voters who refuse to reward American indifference to suffering abroad.
The shooting in Pennsylvania is the fruit of the toxic tree Trump, and consecutive US administrations, have cultivated. It’s time our headlines focus on what actually matters.
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