The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that violence in northern Nigeria has driven nearly 64,000 people into Niger since the start of 2026, straining humanitarian services in communities already facing insecurity and food shortages. Several hundred Nigerians have also sought refuge in Benin. Niger hosts more than half a million refugees and asylum seekers, [...]

A US federal judge in Florida on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s defamation claim against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to proceed over a documentary that edited together portions of his January 6, 2021, speech. Judge Jeffrey Kuntz of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed Trump’s separate claim under the [...]

US federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced an eight-count indictment against three alleged Iranian-backed agents regarding what prosecutors called a foiled terrorist plot against a British air base housing US military personnel, RAF Fairford. The announcement notes that one of the operatives helped coordinate the plot while incarcerated in a New York jail. The indictment names [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned  Monday that tens of thousands of people who fled violence in Ethiopia and sought refuge in Kenya are experiencing acute food shortages alongside a lack of access to clean water and shelters. Based on a new assessment conducted in collaboration with the Kenyan government, the county government of [...]

The UN on Monday issued a warning in conjunction with a climate report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) indicating that extreme temperatures and weather events spurred from climate change will be exacerbated by this year’s El Niño and continue well into January and February of the next year. WMO’s report, titled the State of [...]

Amnesty International urged the governments of Haiti and El Salvador on Monday to ensure that Salvadoran military operations in Haiti comply with international human rights law. The concerns emerged after the UN confirmed that most Salvadoran troops recently deployed there operate outside the UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force (GSF). In a note on November 2, UN [...]

Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday, charging that he violated constitutional and statutory limits on military action, including by directing unauthorized hostilities against Iran. Three articles allege violations of the War Powers Resolution arising from the Iran conflict. They accuse Hegseth of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume construction on the border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas, including within Big Bend National Park. In a four-page, unsigned opinion, the Court cited §102(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which “gives the Department [...]

Several UN experts, including six special rapporteurs and members of Working Groups on Arbitrary Detention and Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, on Monday called on the government of Sri Lanka to revise the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA) to ensure the bill is consistent with international human rights law. The experts stated: [...]