Author: News Desk

Today, the Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) announced a multi-state settlement with The Chemours Company under the Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Toxic Substance Control Act, and West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act. The settlement covers four Chemours facilities — located in […]

“You don’t know when the war will end; you don’t know when the vessel can safely pass the Strait, so it is very difficult,” Third Officer Clarisse Bangga explained (read her testimony below).   The evacuation plan is directly linked to ongoing talks between Iran and the United States on ending their conflict, in line […]

Two individuals were sentenced yesterday for their participation in a scheme to trade securities based on material nonpublic information about the $3.2 billion merger of two companies, which resulted in illicit profits of over $600,000. Two other individuals were previously sentenced in connection with this scheme on May 4. Specifically, Rouzbeh Ross Haghighat was sentenced […]

  The European Commission has proposed measures to strengthen the EU’s response to an evolving criminal landscape that is becoming more sophisticated, international and digital. To tackle crime effectively, police, customs, prosecutors and courts must work closely together from the start of investigations to final judgments.  Europol and Eurojust are EU agencies that are central to the EU’s response to […]

The development follows months of hardship and distress for thousands of innocent seafarers and comes on the heels of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States. The large-scale operation will be carried out in cooperation with Iran, Oman, other coastal States, the United States and the maritime industry.  IMO had secured the […]

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, verified 546 incidents across 16 out of Sudan’s 18 states from the beginning of the conflict to mid-April of this year.    At least 838 victims were affected and all but 15 were women and girls, but these figures represent only “the tip of the iceberg”.  The report finds that sexual violence has spread alongside both the conflict and displacement routes […]

“The evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,” said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The report refers to the period following Hamas’ invasion of Israel in late 2023, which resulted […]

WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice issued an opinion today finding that certain U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) preferences for “socially disadvantaged” groups unconstitutionally discriminated based on race and sex. The Office of Legal Counsel determined that conservation‑planning programs that authorized USDA to waive user fees for “socially disadvantaged” farmers as defined by race‑ and sex‑based criteria […]

Resolution 2823 (2026) calls upon all relevant stakeholders to cooperate with the UN to facilitate the identification, investigation and prosecution of perpetrators without delay.  The text was put forward by Denmark and Pakistan, two of the Council’s non-permanent members, and supported by more than 150 countries.  Against impunity  Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad of Pakistan introduced the draft on behalf of the two co-sponsors.  He recalled that nearly 4,500 UN blue helmets […]

Two more men have been arrested by the FBI since Friday in a fast-moving FBI investigation of a plot to attack the June 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Freedom 250 event at the White House. William Lee Spartacus Falkner was arrested midday Friday, June 19. Falkner is charged by criminal complaint in the Western District […]