Articles Tagged with Durand Line

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday warned that Russia’s latest attack on Kyiv, which utilized cluster munitions in a crowded residential area, may constitute a war crime under international law, citing the weapon’s indiscriminate nature. Commenting on the August 5 attack, HRW assistant Ukraine researcher Kseniya Kvitka stated: Russia has once again fired an inherently [...]

Luigi Mangione on Friday pleaded guilty to the two remaining charges against him in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. The charges of interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, [...]

Myanmar announced on Saturday that it had undertaken steps to receive Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and will continue working with the country to support the return of those it verifies as former residents of Rakhine State, maintaining that the repatriation process should be handled primarily as a bilateral matter between Myanmar and Bangladesh, and not [...]

The US Court of International Trade issued summary judgment in favor of the Trump administration on Thursday in a case brought by a US auto-parts dealer challenging a presidential order that closed a tariff loophole for imports under $800. Plaintiff Detroit Axle sued the administration in May 2025 following numerous executive orders under a declared [...]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday announced plans to spend up to $20 million to equip officers with gloves that force “compliance” by delivering a painful electrical shock, according to a published contract. The manufacturer, Compliant Technologies, calls them “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices.” GLOVE (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter) is often known as [...]

The Constitutional Council of France blocked the country’s new under-15 social media ban on Friday, holding that the ban was unconstitutional. The council reasoned that the ban unjustifiably deprived children of their right to freedom of expression and communication. The council found that the ban on all online platforms that allow users to connect and [...]

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to pause an order that would halt above-ground construction of a White House ballroom, arguing that the project is authorized by federal law and that a single district judge should not determine what measures are necessary to protect the president. Solicitor General D. John Sauer [...]

The United Nations issued a statement Wednesday urging warring parties in Sudan to take tangible action to protect civilians as attacks continue in the country’s Blue Nile and North Kordofan states. The call comes as the war between rival militaries, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), continues with no clear [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday criticized recently adopted changes to Türkiye’s juvenile justice system that could allow children to receive life sentences, urging authorities to ensure that the treatment of child offenders remains consistent with international human rights law. The UN rights chief stressed that even children accused or convicted [...]

The UN convened young people from across the world in New York on Wednesday to deliberate on Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance. Over 600 young people discussed how AI can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the delegates put forward a “Youth-led Declaration on AI Policy and Governance” that will direct the UN’s Global Digital [...]