Mitchell G. Patton

The UN Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to condemn the bloody crackdown on peaceful protests in Iran and create an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged abuses, particularly those committed against women and children. A resolution introduced by Germany and Iceland was supported by 25 countries, including the United States and many European, Latin American, Asian and African nations. Six countries opposed the measure: China, Pakistan, Cuba, Eritrea, Venezuela and Armenia, while 16 abstained. The United Nations' top human rights official had earlier appealed to Iran's government to stop the crackdown on protesters, but Tehran's envoy to a special…

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu's conservative Likud party has signed its first coalition agreement with Itamar Ben-Gvir's far-right Jewish Power party, Likud said in a statement on Friday.The agreement, which does not provide for a complete and final new government in Israel, gives Ben-Gvir the police ministry and a seat in the security cabinet."We took a big step tonight towards a full coalition agreement, towards the formation of a fully right-wing government," Ben-Gvir said in the statement.Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir shows his ballot paper during Israeli elections earlier this month. Tsafrir Abayov/APNetanyahu's Likud and its far-right and religious…

The United States Men's National Team is an underdog in its match against England. The United States are coming off a disappointing draw against Wales, while England dominated Iran in a 6-2 win earlier this week.Shortly before kickoff on Friday, the Americans were +600 behind, while England remained heavily favored at -195 odds to win at Caesars Sportsbook.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Tim Ream of the USA looks on during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between the USA and Wales at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on November 21, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo…

The current era of cinema is one of “worst in hollywood history”, declared the legendary director Quentin Tarantino in a podcast. In the past week. It doubled on Monday in another podcastdeclaring that “there are no more movie stars” due to the “marvelization of Hollywood”. Tarantino isn't the first big-name Hollywood auteur to throw himself into the current status quo of movie-making and its penchant for super spectacle. In 2019, Martin Scorsese said that Marvel movies "were not cinema" and that concerned cinema was being "invaded" by them. Francis Ford Coppola added that the Marvel movies were "despicable."It's hard to…