Twenty US states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday with the aim of blocking the cut of funding to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pre-disaster mitigation program. The lawsuit specifically seeks to preserve the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, a multi-billion-dollar initiative created in 2018 that funds infrastructure projects to protect [...]

A member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team allegedly delivered threats to Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), stating that, unless the ICC withdrew arrest warrants for Israeli officials, Khan and the court would be “destroyed,” a news outlet reported Tuesday. British-Israeli lawyer and Nicholas Kaufman allegedly delivered the [...]

Portugal’s parliament voted in favor of sweeping new restrictions on immigration, marking the latest step in a series of measures aimed at tightening the country’s borders and curbing irregular migration, InfoMigrants reported on Thursday. The newly approved legislation significantly revises key aspects of Portugal’s immigration framework. According to InfoMigrants, the reforms include stricter criteria for work and [...]

Amid soaring child deaths, rising malnutrition, ceaseless bombardments, and a shattered health system, conditions in Gaza have deteriorated to “unspeakable” levels, top UN officials warned the Security Council on Wednesday. Gaza has remained under near constant bombardment by Israeli forces since October 2023, when a terrorist attack coordinated by Hamas killed some 1,200 people in [...]

Texas Attorney General (AG) Ken Paxton on Wednesday announced an investigation into Mars, Incorporated (Mars) for deceptive trade practices that allegedly violate the rights of Texas consumers. The investigation centers on two allegations against Mars, a large multinational manufacturer most known for its brands of candy like M&M’s, Skittles and Snickers. First, Mars publicly announced [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered a speech on Wednesday urging UN member states to invest more effort in addressing the gender gap in sports and promoting the rights of women athletes. In his speech, Türk highlighted that despite increasing global attention on women’s sports, significant inequalities and gender gaps persist in [...]

The United Nations on Tuesday called for immediate de-escalation and the protection of civilians as violence intensifies in multiple parts of Syria. Inter-ethnic violence erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in Sweida after a Druze merchant was abducted on the highway to Damascus and was met with government intervention and Israeli airstrikes. [...]

Amnesty International called for Pakistan to release high-profile Baloch activists on Tuesday, condemning the arbitrary detention of the protesters. A letter to authorities called for the release of Mahrang Baloch, Bebarg Zehri, Beebow Maloch, Shah Jee Sibghat Ullah, Ghaffar Qambarani and Gulzadi Baloch, who Amnesty International says have been targeted as part of a larger [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published a statement Wednesday protesting against the signing by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov of new amendments to the Kyrgyz Code that impose administrative penalties on individuals and entities that publish “false or unreliable” information. The most recent amendments to the Kyrgyz Code signed by President Japarov on July 8 [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called for an urgent ceasefire on Tuesday, following a series of large-scale Russian missile and drone attacks on densely populated Ukrainian cities. The attacks have resulted in significant civilian casualties and damage to protected infrastructure, reinforcing concerns over violations of international humanitarian law. In [...]