The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemned the looting of its warehouses in Bukavu, South Kivu, amid escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday. The theft of 7,000 tonnes of humanitarian food supplies intended for vulnerable communities has intensified concerns over the growing humanitarian crisis in the [...]

The president of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation (GTANW) in Peru on Monday denounced the use of local children as “human shields” to protect illegal mining activities and demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, according to local media. The Wampis Indigenous Nation has more than 10,000 inhabitants. In 2015, the [...]

Argentine lawyers filed fraud complaints on Sunday against President Javier Milei over his promotion of cryptocurrency. President Milei shared an advertisement for cryptocurrency $LIBRA via X on Friday, claiming that the coin would help fund small businesses. President Milei included a link to purchase $LIBRA in his post. His promotion caused a steep increase in [...]

The UN reaffirmed Monday during a Security Council session that any peace negotiations in Ukraine must adhere to the UN Charter while “respecting the country’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.” “The United Nations encourages dialogue among all stakeholders and welcomes all genuine efforts and initiatives, with the full participation of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, that [...]

The Trump administration prepared an application on Sunday asking the US Supreme Court to remove a lower court order blocking the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel. The request argued the order was “an unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrant immediate relief.” The administration based its argument on [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that Israeli attacks against Lebanon have damaged significant infrastructure, preventing thousands of Lebanese from returning home. According to Lebanon researcher at HRW, Ramzi Kaiss, Israeli attacks since October 2023 have damaged both civilian households and public infrastructure necessary to ensure basic services. Kaiss said: “Even if their houses [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday that the European Union’s insufficient action regarding Rwanda’s support of the M23 rebels has exacerbated the violence and atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On February 13, the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU to freeze direct budget support to Rwanda until it ceases backing [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicated a retreat from support of voting rights cases since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, according to a Votebeat report released Monday. The report notes that the US solicitor general, the government’s top litigator, asked the Supreme Court last month to allow the federal government to participate in oral [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a summary on Monday of inter-state cases alleging that Russia has breached the European Convention on Human Rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. There are four cases related to the conflict that are ongoing, which include accusations of human rights abuses in relation to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, claims [...]

Argentina’s political opposition on Saturday called for President Javier Milei to face an impeachment trial in the Chamber of Deputies over his promotion of a cryptocurrency which crashed shortly later. In a post on X, Milei had recommended a crypto coin named $LIBRA, which plummeted just a few hours later, prompting the president to delete [...]