President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, unveiled late Thursday, puts the Western Hemisphere at the center of US foreign policy and revives the language of the Monroe Doctrine in what it calls the “Trump Corollary.” The document presents the Americas as the main line of defense for the US homeland and links that doctrine [...]
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday urged interim Syrian authorities to increase efforts to address “distressing accounts” of human rights violations targeting minority groups and individuals allegedly affiliated with the former Bashar al-Assad government. This statement comes ahead of the anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime. OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheethan said: [...]
The Australian government on Saturday announced that it had imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government, in an effort to curtail the regime’s humanitarian violations against women and girls in the country. In early December 2025, Australia unveiled the autonomous sanctions framework in relation to the dire situation [...]
German parliament on Friday voted to pass a bill that would allow military conscription, following rising tensions between Russia and European Union (EU) states. With 323 votes in support coming from ruling party CDU/CSU and SPD and 272 votes against, the bill introduces a two-stage conscription. If voluntary service does not meet the set quotas, [...]
UN human rights experts on Friday called on Serbia to end attacks and intimidation against journalists and urgently address what is described as a deteriorating environment for media freedom in the country. The experts warned that the pattern of harassment, smear campaigns, physical assaults, doxxing and online threats has become “systemic,” placing Serbian journalists at [...]
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique over the past two weeks as armed groups intensify attacks. According to the OCHA, the total displaced in the last four months is now 330,000. The Office of the United [...]
Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned Georgia’s new laws stating they effectively criminalize peaceful protest by imposing heavy fines and empowering police to detain protestors. These measures, adopted in late 2024 and enforced throughout 2025, have left citizens vulnerable to detention and financial penalties simply for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. In November 2024, [...]
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled Friday that the proposed referendum to separate the province of Alberta from Canada contravenes the Constitution Act, 1982, and citizens cannot initiate the referendum under the Citizen Initiative Act (CIA). Justice Colin Feasby clarified that the ruling does not forbid Alberta from holding a separation referendum altogether. [...]
The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump has called upon the court to [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday stated that armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo have committed gross human rights violations against innocent civilians, with the abuses disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. HRW Americas director Juanita Goebertus stated: “Armed groups in Putumayo are using the peace talks as an opportunity to tighten their control over [...]
