Earthjustice , an environmental law advocacy group filed a motion on Wednesday, on behalf of two other environmental groups asking a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to order the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban chlorpyrifos – a pesticide widely used for various fruits, vegetables, and wheat grown [...]

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s administration was no longer planning to separate women and children at the US’ southern border as a means of deterring immigration. Speaking to a US Senate panel, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly stated that it was no longer within the Trump administration’s [...]

Amnesty International (AI) released a report Wednesday criticizing the role two companies are playing in a refugee “processing” system Australia is carrying out on the Pacific island of Nauru. AI says that for multiple years, Australia has operated an offshore processing site on Nauru where refugees and asylum seekers are isolated in remote locations and [...]

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday removed Chief Political Strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC). Bannon was a controversial pick for the council, and according to the administration, was only placed on the council to help Trump control then-national security adviser Michael Flynn . With Flynn resigning in February, the administration says [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned on Wednesday a new Ukrainian anti-corruption law that requires activists and journalists who report on government corruption to file public declarations of their personal assets. The law was passed by the Ukrainian Parliament on March 23 and signed by President Petro Poroshenko on March 27. An amendment had been introduced [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced deep regret regarding US decision to cut financial support for the UN population agency. According to Guterres, the decision is based on an inaccurate depiction of the nature and importance of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) . Guterres says the funding cut could have devastating effects on the health of [...]

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington has issued a preliminary injunction to block Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law that will allow drivers for taxis, Lyft and Uber to unionize. The law, passed in 2015, allows drivers who are considered independent contractors to unionize and collectively bargain for benefits such as healthcare. The law [...]

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that law-enforcement can seize private Facebook account information. The court ruled that Facebook could not contest the warrants and therefore the court could not decide the matter. The court found that only users themselves have the right to challenge warrants in criminal proceedings. However, while being forced [...]

The UN Security Council conducted emergency talks on Wednesday regarding an alleged chemical attack in Syria that killed numerous civilians. According to statement made by UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday the UN is not currently in a position to independently verify if chemical weapons were used. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [...]

The state of Massachusetts on Tuesday requested the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court find that state authorities lack jurisdiction to detain illegal immigrants. This request comes after the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency requested courts and law enforcement to hold illegal immigrants in custody for up to 48 hours after their case was resolved. [...]