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UN chief blasted as ‘abjectly tone-deaf’ over message to Iran marking revolution anniversary
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UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres sent a congratulatory message to Iran marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, a move that drew sharp criticism from anti-regime Iranian voices and human rights advocates.
In a letter addressed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Guterres «extended his warmest congratulations on the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran,» describing such anniversaries as an opportunity to reflect on a country’s path and contributions to the international community, according to Iranian state and regional reporting published Wednesday.
The message comes weeks after the U.N.’s top human rights body condemned Iran over abuses tied to a violent crackdown on anti-government protests and mandated further investigation into alleged violations, with some reports citing casualty figures that could reach 30,000, pending verification.
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U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 26, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Furthermore, according to the NGO U.N. Watch, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is expected to address the U.N. Human Rights Council on Feb. 23.
Against that backdrop, critics said the secretary-general’s congratulatory message risked sending a conflicting signal.
«The U.N. secretary-general’s congratulatory message is not merely diplomatic routine — it is abjectly tone-deaf,» said Iran analyst Banafsheh Zand. «At a time when the Iranian people continue to endure executions, repression and systemic abuse at the hands of the Islamic Republic, offering formal congratulations to the architects of that suffering reads as a moral failure.»
Zand added that such gestures «erode [the U.N.’s] credibility and deepen the wound for those still fighting for freedom inside Iran.»
Andrew Ghalili, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran (NUFDI), said the message amounted to legitimizing a repressive system.
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Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency’s value in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 8, 2026. (Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
«The United Nations is legitimizing a regime built on repression, executions and the systematic destruction of basic freedoms,» Ghalili said. «Offering celebratory recognition to the Islamic Republic on the anniversary of its revolution ignores the bloodshed, the repression of protesters and the ongoing hostage-taking of innocent people.»
Human rights groups have repeatedly warned that impunity has enabled ongoing abuses in Iran, urging U.N. member states to pursue accountability for what they describe as systemic violations and mass killings of protesters.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the secretary-general, told Fox News Digital during a press briefing that the message to Tehran was part of a long-standing U.N. protocol.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi holds a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 30, 2026. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu via Getty Images)
«The letter that came out from the secretary-general is a standard letter. Every year, each member state gets the exact same letter… congratulating them on the national holiday and conveying best wishes to the people of that country.»
The spokesperson added that similar letters were sent the same day to other countries marking national holidays and «should not be interpreted… as an endorsement of whatever policies may be put in place by the government.» He said the message «doesn’t change the secretary-general’s view» on Iran, noting Guterres has previously spoken out against the crackdown and violence.
On reports that Iran’s foreign minister is expected to address the Human Rights Council later this month, the spokesperson said the matter falls under the council’s authority.
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«That’s a decision of the Human Rights Council,» he said. «This is a membership organization. Every member state has a right to address legislative bodies… It’s not within the secretariat’s authority to bar member states from addressing a legislative body.»
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Trump threatens ‘consequences’ after 6 House Republicans voted to reverse his Canada tariffs
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President Donald Trump is threatening to back election challengers against the six House Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to reverse his tariffs on Canada.
The president sent out an ominous warning to GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate just before his agenda suffered a blow on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening.
«Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!» Trump posted on Truth Social.
He argued that the trade deficit was reduced significantly while U.S. financial markets hit significant high points because of his tariff policies.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
«In addition, TARIFFS have given us Great National Security because the mere mention of the word has Countries agreeing to our strongest wishes,» Trump continued.
«TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege.»
Democrats successfully got a vote on a measure to reverse Trump’s national emergency at the northern border using a mechanism for forcing votes over the objections of House majority leadership called a privileged resolution.
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The six Republicans who voted in favor of the measure were Reps. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.; Kevin Kiley, R-Calif.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; Jeff Hurd, R-Colo.; and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.
One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted with the majority of Republicans on the matter. It passed 219-211.
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington July 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
It’s not clear how much impact Trump’s threat will have, however.
Neither Newhouse nor Bacon is running for re-election in the 2026 midterms, and Trump is already endorsing a primary challenger against Massie.
Kiley, whose district was heavily altered by California Democrats’ new congressional map, has not yet said whether he will run for re-election or where he will do it.
He told Fox News Digital when asked for a response to Trump, «This was a resolution regarding the emergency declared by the president over fentanyl from Canada. Congress has an obligation under the National Emergencies Act to evaluate every six months if the emergency still exists. Canada has now significantly cracked down on fentanyl, so there’s no basis to extend the emergency another six months.»
Fitzpatrick and Hurd are both well-liked incumbents in their districts, which are top targets for Democrats come November.
Hurd told Fox News Digital his constituents were «directly affected by these policies.»
«Today’s vote is grounded first and foremost in the Constitution. Article I gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and to levy tariffs. Over time, Congress has delegated limited authority to the executive branch, particularly in matters involving national emergencies. But those delegations were never intended to serve as a permanent vehicle for sweeping, long-term trade policy,» he added.
«If we normalize broad emergency trade powers today, we should expect that a future president — of either party — will rely on the same authority in ways many of us would strongly oppose. Institutional consistency matters. The Constitution does not shift depending on who occupies the White House. My responsibility is to defend the separation of powers regardless of political convenience.»
Trump signed an executive order in February 2025, enacting an additional 25% tariff on most goods from Canada and Mexico. Energy from Canada was subject to an additional 15% tariff.
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks in Quebec City, Quebec, Jan. 22, 2026, after his participation at the World Economic Forum in Davos. (Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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At the time, the White House said it was punishment for those countries’ unwillingness to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs into the U.S.
Opponents of Trump’s tariff strategy have criticized his moves against Canada in particular, arguing it was unjustly harming one of the closest allies and trading partners of the U.S. to the detriment of Americans.
But Republicans who voted against the legislation pointed out that Trump said the fentanyl crisis was the reason for issuing the emergency in the first place, adding the drug was still killing Americans.
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have voted to rebuke Trump’s tariff strategy in the past despite similar warnings from the president.
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Además de Huawei, se informa que la República Popular China ha aprovechado la presencia de su observador en el Parlamento Centroamericano (PARLACEN), con sede en Ciudad de Guatemala, para facilitar las visitas regulares de su embajador en Costa Rica a Guatemala y así interactuar con políticos, funcionarios locales y empresarios costarricenses, incluyendo viajes pagados a China. Según informes, dicho viaje en 2025 incluyó a Luis Aguirre de CABAL, Cristian Álvarez y José Pablo Mendoza de Creo, Luis Rodríguez de VAMOS y Cornelio García de TODOS, entre otros. Según quienes monitorean estos asuntos en Guatemala, se está considerando otro viaje similar para el primer semestre de 2026.
Además de los viajes a la República Popular China, los agentes del país también han llevado a congresistas guatemaltecos al Parlamento de América Latina y el Caribe (PARLATINO), con influencia de la República Popular China, entre ellos Andrea Villagrán de Semilla y Duay Martínez de Vamos. La República Popular de China también ha recurrido a grupos de presión para forjar relaciones con funcionarios guatemaltecos, como Lina Chen, quien se reunió en septiembre de 2025 con el presidente de la Asamblea Legislativa guatemalteca, Neri Ramos, entre otros.
Además del PARLACEN, se informa que la República Popular de China también está intentando, con menos éxito, obtener representación en el Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA) y el Banco de Integración Centroamericana (BCIE).
En el ámbito comercial, la importación de productos chinos se ha convertido en un negocio lucrativo para importadores guatemaltecos como Cofiño Stahl, Grupo de los Tres, Grupo Q y Siekavizza en los sectores automotriz y de motocicletas. Grandes puntos de venta de productos chinos, como China Mall, China City y China Depot, se han expandido significativamente en el país, perjudicando a las tiendas minoristas y productores locales. El empresario guatemalteco Luis Pedro Barnoya, importador de productos chinos de nivel medio y organizador de viajes de negocios a la República Popular de China, ha establecido un pequeño consejo para promover dichas actividades. Las actividades semiencubiertas de facilitación comercial de la República Popular China en la Ciudad de Guatemala son objeto de chismes públicos, incluyendo su organización de promoción comercial, CCPIT, que durante un tiempo celebró reuniones en el hotel Barceló, y su uso del restaurante Tamarindo en la Quinta Avenida para organizar reuniones con ejecutivos visitantes de la República Popular China.
En el sector de las telecomunicaciones, además de las iniciativas ya mencionadas de Huawei, los dispositivos de la compañía, así como los de ZTE, se ofrecen a través de los dos principales proveedores de telecomunicaciones, Claro y Tigo. Las empresas chinas Xiaomi y Honor también tienen presencia en el país.
La empresa Hytera, con sede en Shenzhen, condenada por robo de propiedad intelectual de Motorola, habría suministrado radios digitales a las fuerzas de seguridad guatemaltecas.
En el sector de la seguridad, una importante compra de 1000 vehículos Isuzu de fabricación china para la policía guatemalteca, bajo la dirección del primer ministro del Interior del presidente Arévalo, Francisco Jiménez, fue cancelada debido a preocupaciones sobre corrupción. Se informa que operadores portuarios privados del país, como APM y Chiquita Brands, utilizan grúas, escáneres y otros equipos digitales de la marca ZPMC china. Hikvision, empresa china de equipos de vigilancia, desempeña un papel importante en el mercado guatemalteco de seguridad comercial y personal. Durante administraciones anteriores, empresas chinas intentaron, sin éxito, adquirir terrenos tanto en el Atlántico como en el Pacífico para construir instalaciones portuarias.
En el ámbito delictivo, empresarios chinos también han estado involucrados en lavado de dinero y otras actividades ilícitas. Entre ellos se encuentra Wenshen “Alex” Xu, quien fue arrestado en julio de 2025 por importar precursores químicos para drogas sintéticas a través de Guatemala y extraditado a Estados Unidos.
En el ámbito periodístico, personas como Claudia Méndez, de Con Criterio, y el reconocido bloguero Ben Kei Chin, han sido llevadas por agentes chinos a la República Popular China y a otros destinos en múltiples ocasiones y se han convertido en reconocidos defensores públicos del cambio en las relaciones diplomáticas del país.
A medida que la República Popular China y sus agentes han avanzado en Guatemala, Taiwán ha buscado proteger al país contra tales esfuerzos, siendo un buen socio en múltiples ámbitos, como la seguridad, el desarrollo, la educación y el comercio. En agosto de 2025, Taiwán donó 252 motocicletas a la policía guatemalteca y 50 vehículos al Ministerio de Desarrollo Social (MDS) de Guatemala. También construyó un hospital en Chimaltenango, inaugurado en febrero de 2023, y un centro neonatal en San Juan de Dios, Ciudad de Guatemala, en abril de 2024. Taiwán también financia y supervisa regularmente proyectos de infraestructura de transporte guatemaltecos, en particular las mejoras a una carretera que conecta Ciudad de Guatemala con la costa atlántica del país. En educación, Taiwán ha otorgado 600 becas en las últimas dos décadas, incluyendo 66 tan solo en 2025.
En comercio, en las últimas tres décadas, Taiwán ha importado aproximadamente mil millones de dólares en productos guatemaltecos, incluyendo 90 millones de dólares en azúcar guatemalteca tan solo el año pasado, así como café y otros productos.
A pesar de estas actividades, Taiwán tiene un perfil relativamente bajo entre los guatemaltecos como un importante proveedor de beneficios para el país. Algunos consultados para este trabajo expresaron su frustración por la falta de proyectos de mayor visibilidad en Taiwán, como un estadio. Si bien las empresas taiwanesas Lakymen y Diforza son importantes empleadores en Guatemala, algunos consultados para este trabajo perciben que las empresas taiwanesas podrían invertir más en el país para generar empleos de alta calidad.
Si bien algunos miembros del gobierno guatemalteco, según se informa, simpatizan ideológicamente con el establecimiento de relaciones con la República Popular China, prácticamente todos los consultados para este trabajo creían que el presidente Arévalo no abandonará a Taiwán. Sin embargo, los guatemaltecos entrevistados para este trabajo ya están concentrados en las próximas elecciones nacionales de julio de 2027. La República Popular China ha cortejado a líderes de prácticamente todos sus principales partidos. Quien prevalezca podría calcular que los beneficios materiales de abandonar a Taiwán superan los riesgos de ofender a Estados Unidos. Washington y Taipéi, sin duda, seguirán de cerca esta posibilidad.
* El Dr. Evan Ellis es investigador del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales (CSIS, por sus siglas en inglés).
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Transgender ex-student identified as alleged suspect in Canada school mass shooting that left at least 9 dead
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At least nine people were killed in connection to a mass shooting Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, officials said Wednesday. Police identified the suspect, reportedly also found dead, as an 18-year-old transgender woman who allegedly killed two of their family members at home before opening fire at the school.
The Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed to Fox News Digital that officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the school at 1:20 p.m. local time Tuesday. While searching the school, officers found six victims dead from gunshot wounds and the alleged shooter, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury.
Authorities said Van Rootselaar had attended the school before dropping out roughly four years ago. Van Rootselaar, who identified as female but was assigned male at birth, began transitioning six years ago.
Van Rootselaar reportedly had a history of mental health–related contact with police and may have had access to weapons stored at home. Police said officials visited the residence multiple times in recent years for mental health calls, during which weapons were briefly seized under the Criminal Code but later returned following a petition by the lawful owner.
Police tape surrounds the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and other buildings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday, a day after a mass shooting there. (Jesse Boily /The Canadian Press via AP)
Two firearms, a long gun and a modified handgun, were recovered inside the school by the police, RCMP said. Neither weapon was registered to Van Rootselaar, who previously had a firearms license, but expired in 2024.
The six victims found at the school were identified as a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13.
During the investigation, police identified a secondary location believed to be connected to the incident. Two additional victims were found dead inside a residence and were identified as the suspect’s 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old step-brother.
Officials added that two victims were airlifted to a hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. One of the wounded, a woman previously believed to have died, is now alive, lowering the death toll from the initially reported 10 to nine.
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A screengrab from a video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday. (Jordon Kosik via AP)
Approximately 25 others with non-life-threatening injuries were taken for assessment at the local medical center, police said.
«This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation, and the swift cooperation from the school, first responders, and the community played a critical role in our response,» Superintendent Ken Floyd, North District Commander, said in a statement. «Our thoughts are with the families, loved ones, and all those impacted by this tragic incident. This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional day for our community, and we are grateful for the cooperation shown as officers continue their work to advance the investigation.»
All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated from the school, police said.
Police do not believe there are any additional suspects or ongoing threat to the public.
Floyd confirmed the shooter was the same individual described in a police alert issued earlier in the day as a «female in a dress with brown hair.»
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A map showing the location of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting. (The Associated Press)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was devastated by the horrific shootings.
«My prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence. I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens. Our ability to come together in crisis is the best of our country — our empathy, our unity, and our compassion for each other,» he wrote on X.
The RCMP initially confirmed an active shooter incident Tuesday at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, with at least one suspect found dead.
Additional police resources were deployed to the area from neighboring detachments, along with the North District Emergency Response Team.
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In a message posted to its website, the Peace River South School District said it was «aware of a lockdown and secure and hold at Tumbler Ridge Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Elementary schools.»
«We are asking people to have patience as we work with the RCMP,» school officials wrote.
Larry Neufeld, who represents Peace River South in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, released a statement on social media noting he was heading to the scene.
«I am aware of the active shooter situation currently unfolding in Tumbler Ridge, and my thoughts are with residents as this situation continues to develop,» Neufeld wrote. «I have been in direct contact with the Solicitor General to receive updates and to ensure all necessary provincial resources are being made available to support local law enforcement and emergency responders.
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«Public safety is the absolute priority. I urge everyone in the area to follow RCMP instructions, remain sheltered, and rely only on official updates,» he continued. «I am leaving Victoria immediately to return to my riding to be on the ground and available to support the community in any way needed. I will continue to stay closely engaged as this situation evolves.»
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