Today, as Sudanese citizens continue to suffer the world’s most severe humanitarian emergency, the European Union, together with Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the African Union, co-hosted the 3th International Sudan Conference in Berlin. As the Sudan war enters its 4th year, the conference aims to mobilise global action in support of Sudan at […]
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Two Honduran nationals were sentenced Tuesday to 204 months and 51 months in prison for their roles in operating a years-long off-the-books cash payroll scheme that facilitated the employment of undocumented aliens working illegally in the United States and caused a loss to the United States of more than $38 million. According to court documents […]
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UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Khaled Khiari was speaking during the Security Council’s annual debate on cooperation between the two organizations in the areas of peace and security. “In an increasingly complex and uncertain international environment, sustained engagement, dialogue and trust-building are essential,” he said. “Respect for international law and the Charter of the United Nations remains central to addressing shared challenges. The European […]
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“We are at the end of the supply chain,” Tuya Altangerel, a senior UN Development Programme (UNDP) official in the Pacific region, told UN News “so this energy crisis is really impacting our communities.” With Fiji a significant hub in the Pacific Ocean, island nations that surround it extend thousands of miles into the world’s largest […]
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A Florida nursing assistant was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in an $11.4 million health care fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in which hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries were sent thousands of orthotic braces they did not need. Cruz was also ordered to pay $3,712,345.70 […]
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The fragile United States-Iran ceasefire is holding, following over a month of strikes and counterstrikes in the Gulf region – and in connection with that conflict, the Houthi movement’s military wing launched attacks against Israel at the end of March. Tensions from this and earlier regional conflicts have long had implications for maritime security, and […]
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Note: Read the full settlement here. The Justice Department today announced that ADT LLC doing business as ADT Security Services, the nation’s largest home security services company, will pay over $1.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by imposing unlawful charges on at least 3,400 servicemembers who terminated […]
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Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the Security Council, António Guterres said that humanitarian and other legal obligations are being disregarded in the Middle East and elsewhere, breeding chaos, suffering and destruction. He said the theme of upholding international law would be a central theme of his visit this week to the UN’s highest tribunal in the […]
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“This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to meet the test of Sudan,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a statement from Berlin, where the international community will meet on Wednesday, amid continuing efforts to end the war. The deadly fighting that erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and […]
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Today, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group published a report detailing the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Based on a review of over 700,000 internal records, the report not only details specific ways the Biden Justice Department weaponized federal law, but also outlines the corrective action taken […]
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