The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that four cruise lines can be sued for using docks in the Port of Havana that Cuba’s communist government seized from an American company in 1960, reviving a case that could leave the companies owing hundreds of millions of dollars. The 8-1 decision sided with Havana Docks Corp., which [...]
Amnesty International demanded the removal of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander ‘Abu Lulu’ on Tuesday, citing war crime allegations. Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said in their official demand: It is alarming to learn he has returned to combat without any investigation into the allegations. The RSF leadership must remove Abu Lulu [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged states to protect the LGBTQ+ community in a statement marking the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Türk said discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community remain widespread. According to him, more than one in three countries still criminalize consensual same-sex conduct. Last year, [...]
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday vetoed a pair of bills that would have created a legal marijuana retail marketplace in the state, saying the proposed legislation wasn’t ready to be put into practice. Virginia became the first southern state to legalize recreational marijuana in 2021, but the legislature deliberately separated possession from retail sales, [...]
US federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five former Cuban military pilots in the 1996 shoot-down of two civilian planes flown by the Miami exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an attack that killed four people over international waters. Castro, 94, headed Cuba’s armed forces at [...]
Amnesty International released a report Monday stating that the number of executions globally hit its highest number since 1981. The group condemned use of the death penalty to create a climate of fear, under the pretext of national security and public safety. In the report, Death Sentences and Executions 2025, the group estimated that there [...]
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday rejected Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s request to bar authorities from enforcing the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against him. By a 9-5-1 majority, the court rejected Dela Rosa’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have barred law enforcement from arresting him based solely on [...]
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty in Minnesota charged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime on Monday. The charges are in response to an incident involving Castro and Minneapolis resident Julio Sosa-Celis on January 14. In a news conference, Moriarty [...]
New York Judge Gregory Carro ruled Monday that the gun and notebook obtained during Luigi Mangione’s arrest in December 2024 are admissible as evidence in his state murder trial. Carro’s ruling comes with victories for both the prosecution and defense. On one hand, Carro ruled that the items examined at the station once Mangione was [...]
The 13th World Urban Forum opened on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the theme “Housing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities.” The event brings together governments, cities, civil society representatives, the private sector, youth and other stakeholders aiming to respond to the global housing crisis. It runs until this Friday, May 22. The [...]
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