UN Secretary-General (UN SG) António Guterres on Friday appointed UK’s Mark Lowcock as Under-Secretary-General (USG) in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and as Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC). Lowcock has 30 years of experience as a leader in humanitarian crisis management across the globe, and as a strategic leader in the international [...]
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The US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to disclose the draft of the so-called “Muslim ban” executive ored. Arab American Civil Rights League v. Trump, is a case before the court arguing that the immigration ban initially proposed by the administration had discriminatory intent against Muslims. [...]
The President of Congo’s Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI) , Corneille Nangaa on Friday warned the presidential election may be postponed due to sectarian violence. Nangaa make the remarks during an interview with Reuters . He expressed concern about the violence in the region and the militia’s interference with the election process. Nangaa and CENI [...]
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand on Thursday ordered Facebook Thailand to remove a video of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and other posts by Tuesday or face legal action. The video claims to show the king in casual dress showing his tattoos and walking with a woman. The video was deemed illicit by the [...]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday signed the Fairbanks Declaration to affirm protection of the arctic climate. The move was a part of the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting , with goals to maintain peace, stability and constructive cooperation in the Arctic. The signing of the declaration included reaffirming the threat of climate [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Royal F. Oakes of discusses the recent firing of FBI Director James Comey and its implications for wider investigations into the Trump administration… The Comey affair is shaping up to be a brass knuckle, brazenly partisan showdown that could turn into a Trump administration Armageddon. The two sides couldn’t be more different. [...]
The US District Court of Northern California gave final approval on Thursday for Volkswagen’s settlement related to cheating on the emissions of their 3.0-liter vehicles sold in the US. The settlement requires Volkswagen to pay at least $1.22 billion to buy back or fix 80,000 3.0-liter vehicles. Owners of the vehicles will receive between $7,000 [...]
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday issued a new charging policy urging prosecutors to seek the largest sentences for each crime. This reverses the past administrations policy regarding drug related crimes. The so-called Holder Memo had been issued to urge that prosecutors to not seek the longer sentences for people charged with drug crimes [...]
Former congresswoman Corrine Brown was convicted of fraud on Thursday. Brown represented the Jacksonville, Florida district from 1993 to 2017 as part of the Democratic party. She had lost re-election last fall after her indictment. Brown was convicted of 18 out of 22 charges related to the misuse of funds from the charity One Door [...]
The North Korean legislature on Friday sent a letter to the US House of Representatives protesting new sanctions raised against the country. The letter is a rare communication between the two nations, who do not have any formal ways to communicate. The letter stated , “As the U.S. House of Representatives enacts more and more [...]
