Articles Tagged with China

US President Donald Trump vowed Friday to sue The Wall Street Journal over a report claiming he wrote a sexually suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein, adding to his legal battles against major news organizations as his administration faces backlash for closing the Epstein case despite transparency promises. The report, published Thursday, claimed Trump had written [...]

A Russian military court sentenced a prisoner to an additional six years of imprisonment and a fine of 49,000 rubles (approximately $600) on the charges of public calls to terrorism and the spread of “war fakes,” according to local media. The charges against the prisoner, a man named Andrey Voronin, are based on his conversations [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday denounced new legislative amendments in Russia that supposedly strengthen the fight against “extremism.” The organization emphasized that new bills allow groups to be declared “extremist” without a court decision and penalize searching for or accessing “extremist materials” online. Amnesty warned that these bills could pave the way for the ruthless persecution [...]

UN experts on Thursday warned that the Peruvian Congress’ approval of a bill granting amnesty to persons who committed serious human rights violations during the internal armed conflict between 1980 and 2000 is contrary to international law. The UN experts highlighted that individuals who committed grave human rights violations during Peru’s internal armed conflict would [...]

A Russian military court sentenced a defected soldier to 23 years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of 590,000 rubles (approximately $7,500), according to local media. Anton Hozhaev faced charges of “performance management” of a terrorist organization, treason, legalization of funds obtained by criminal means, and defection.  Hozhaev attended military school until he resigned in [...]

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 [...]