The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights violations against civilians residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stressing the severity of the situation in the region, with the rising death tolls as a [...]
Panama Ports Company, S.A. (“PPC”), a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, commenced arbitration proceedings against Maersk A/S (“Maersk”) on Tuesday in the aftermath of the planned takeover by Maersk of PPC’s port terminals in Panama. The arbitration, occurring in London later this month, is to resolve a dispute involving a long-term contract, whose [...]
Erick Valencia-Salazar, a California man who is said to have co-founded Mexico’s Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Salazar was arrested in Tapalpa, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 2022 for conspiring to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US on behalf [...]
A federal judge on Tuesday paused Louisiana’s bid to reinstate stricter dispensing rules for the abortion pill mifepristone, staying the case while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts an ongoing review of the drug’s safety. Writing for the District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Judge David C. Joseph declined to block the [...]
The secretary general of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard on Tuesday condemned President Trump’s threats against Iran if the country’s leaders failed to open the Strait of Hormuz. Callamard warned that the mere threat of such an act showed cruelty and would violate international humanitarian law if carried out, citing prohibitions on “direct attacks on civilians [...]
China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at allowing the free passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict in the region. Both China and Russia rejected the resolution for similar reasons. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claimed that the resolution wrongly pointed at Iranian actions as [...]
The US Department of Education (DOE) announced on Monday that it will rescind agreements previous presidential administrations had with certain schools to interpret Title IX to include protections for transgender and gay students. The DOE Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release that said it has terminated agreements with Cape Henlopen School District, [...]
The UN asked the international community on Monday to provide immediate support for Cuba amid a worsening humanitarian crisis caused by a US-imposed oil blockade and compounded by the effects of Hurricane Melissa, which struck the country in October 2025. UN Resident Coordinator in Cuba, Francisco Pichon, said the humanitarian situation has reached a critical [...]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday HB 1471, which grants the state’s chief of domestic security authority to designate domestic terrorist organizations. The chief may provide such a designation if they determine an entity operating in the state is engaged in terrorist activity, and the governor and cabinet approve the determination. The law [...]
A Russian court on Monday sentenced an incarcerated 30-year old Tajikistan man to three years imprisonment and a fine of 14,215 rubles (approximately US $180) for deliberate false accusation, after the man accused staff members at a detention center of physically beating him. According to the court, the Tajik citizen wished to inculpate staff of [...]
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