Day: November 13, 2022

The Iranian delegation to the United Nations wrote in a sensational letter to the United Nations Security Council in mid-October that terrorist groups based on the border in Iraq had incited peaceful protesters and had “outrageous terrorist targets.” The letter was sent after Iran bombed four districts in neighboring Iraq, sending more than 70 missiles across the border in what was the country’s largest cross-border attack since the 1990s. As a result, an estimated 16 local residents in northern Iraq, including a child, were killed, nearly 60 wounded, and hundreds…

Lawyer Natasa Berk Mussar won the second round of Slovenia’s presidential elections on Sunday and will become the country’s first female head of state. Berk Mussar won 54% of the vote, while her opponent, right-wing politician and former foreign minister Andes Lugar, won 46%, according to election commission data with nearly all votes counted. The commission said the turnout was 49.9%. Berk Mussar trailed Lugar in the first round of voting two weeks ago. Her victory strengthened the country’s liberal bloc after the centre-left coalition won the parliamentary elections in…