US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday announced that the Trump administration would temporarily halt some Medicaid funding to Minnesota due to alleged misuse of public funds. During a conference with Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, Vance said that “there are way too many Americans who are being defrauded by very bad actors [...]

Canada and South Korea signed a new defense agreement Wednesday, setting the legal framework for a deepened alliance. Ministers Ahn Gyu-back  of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and David McGuinty of Canada met alongside foreign affairs officials for both countries. In a joint statement, the countries described political and legal motivations behind the partnership, stating: The [...]

A Japanese citizen was arrested and detained in Tehran, leading to formal demands from Japan for their immediate release, said Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki on Wednesday. While the Japanese government has not identified the individual, reports indicate that the detainee is Shinnosuke Kawashima, Tehran bureau chief of NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster. Ozaki stated [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that Greece is “under fire” for a law targeting aid groups, following a “damning critique” published by five UN experts. The experts warned a Tuesday letter to the Greek government that the law would unduly restrict the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The UN experts, led by Mary Lawlor, Special [...]

A federal trial started on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth in relation to an incident that occurred on July 4, 2025, outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The Prairieland Detention Center is a facility that holds individuals in the custody of the US [...]

Rights group Amnesty  International reported on Wednesday that a Nigerian police unit known as Tiger Base, established to combat kidnapping and armed robbery in Imo State, has engaged in unlawful killings, torture, and other forms of ill-treatment of suspects. In a report titled Tiger Base of Atrocities: Human Rights Violations by Nigeria Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit [...]

A coalition of 14 state attorneys general and Pennsylvania’s governor jointly filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal childhood immunization schedule. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, names Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and acting Centers [...]

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted, abused, and killed people with disabilities during their October 26 takeover of the long-besieged city of El Fasher in North Darfur province. The RSF deliberately targeted people with disabilities, often accusing them of being members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), [...]

In a public letter issued on Tuesday, the Canadian Bar Association urged the country’s Senate not to pass Bill C-12. The group said the bill would deprive asylum seekers of their right to procedural fairness and disproportionately impact vulnerable groups. In the statement, the Bar Association argued that diverting asylum seekers from the Immigration and [...]