The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a historic preservation group that sought to indefinitely halt the construction of a ballroom at the White House. In a 5-4 vote, the court held that the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) lacked standing to challenge the ballroom, without ruling on its legality. Under [...]

Human Rights Watch reported Monday that the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure) Bill (FA Bill) proposed by Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo would allow the government to unduly regulate and influence the goals and activities of independent organizations, threatening freedom of expression rights in the country. The Bill aims to “promote alignment of foreign aid [...]

30 August 2026: International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances Imagine a knock at the door, and a loved one disappears without a trace. For thousands of families around the world, this is not a nightmare, but a lived reality. A tool of terror that manifests itself as a hidden crime, leaving behind a [...]

UN experts on Friday urged member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to implement more stringent measures to safeguard the future of the Court after the latest string of sanctions by the United States targeting senior court officials, emphasizing that such sanctions threaten justice and only serve to embolden the perpetrators of atrocities. In [...]

US District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a 14-day temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking key provisions of a new US Postal Service (USPS) rule implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections. The court’s TRO prevents USPS from implementing portions of the rule while the parties litigate whether [...]

A UN committee on Friday warned that the Maasai Indigenous people in Tanzania are facing forced evictions and abuses at the hands of security forces, raising the alarm over escalating human rights violations. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged Tanzania to “immediately halt the forced eviction of Maasai Indigenous Peoples from [...]

The UN reported Thursday that the World Food Program (WFP) and its humanitarian partners had delivered food and essential supplies to more than 600,000 people in Gaza this month. However, agencies such as the WFP warn that severe hunger continues to worsen across the territory despite the ongoing relief efforts. The UN and its partners [...]

Taiwan’s Central Election Commission on Friday refused to put judicial caning to a referendum, with all seven members unanimously deciding that the referendum proposals were inconsistent with its international obligations. The commission reasoned that there is no criminal penalty similar to judicial caning on the island. According to the island’s Referendum Act, citizens cannot vote on [...]

The United States committed two acts of aggression in 2026—first against Venezuela, then against Iran—and no amount of political spin, strategic framing, or patriotic rhetoric changes that fact. If the world is willing to call Russia an aggressor state, it must be willing to say the same about the United States. In January and March [...]