The global food supply is under threat from laws that criminalize the sale and exchange of peasant seed varieties, a group of UN experts said Wednesday. In their latest report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas indicated that almost all [...]

The family of a San Antonio woman who died after allegedly being denied an abortion despite life-threatening pregnancy complications filed suit Tuesday in the District Court of Bexar County, Texas, challenging the state’s abortion bans as unconstitutional and accusing state officials and her health care providers of violating federal law. Tierra Walker was 37 years [...]

Amnesty International named 87 Iranian security and interior ministry officials Wednesday who it says should face criminal investigation for crimes against humanity committed during the 2022 crackdown on the Woman Life Freedom protests, and urged the UN Security Council to refer Iran’s situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) The 1,161-page report, titled “Architects of Atrocities,” documents [...]

The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Monday called on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and comply with international humanitarian law following reported US airstrikes that killed and injured civilians in southern Iran. The Mission said that two strikes in Hormozgan province raise serious questions about whether the United States took all necessary [...]

An Iranian court says that crude removed from the Advantage Sweet has been sold for $36 million to $37 million. The proceeds, held by Iran’s judiciary, are intended to satisfy a damages judgment for 771 Iranians with epidermolysis bullosa (EB) over sanctions-related barriers to medical supplies. The vessel was released in 2024. For purposes of [...]

The Associated Press on Tuesday sued the Administrative Office of the US Courts, arguing that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(c) violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Under Rule 5.2(c), “remote access to electronic files” in an action relating to “an order of removal” or “immigration benefits or detention,” among other actions, is [...]

US President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court on social media Tuesday, following the court’s denial of his administration’s emergency petition to allow the US Postal Service (USPS) to heighten mail-in ballot requirements before midterm elections. “These are not the people I interviewed to serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are merely a [...]

Representatives for both Cambodia and Thailand on Tuesday delivered opening statements during the first meeting of a United Nations-sanctioned arbitration process intended to resolve a long-running maritime dispute between the neighboring countries. The meeting, which was held in Singapore, served as the first step in the compulsory conciliation process under the UN Convention on the [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening amid ongoing armed conflict, diminishing international aid, and a “super El Niño” set to impact the nation and greater region. At a press briefing, WFP’s assistant executive director for program operations, Matthew Hollingworth, stated: “Conflict, displacement, economic hardship, climate [...]