Author: News Desk

The ex-wife and current partner of a leader of the Mexican drug trafficking organization known as Los Cuinis pleaded guilty today to willfully violating counternarcotic sanctions. Los Cuinis is closely aligned with the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), which the State Department designated as a foreign terrorist organization in February 2025. This case is […]

A *new analysis found that while countries have made significant advances over the past decade, funding shortfalls, humanitarian crises and persistent inequalities are widening gaps in care for those most at risk. “This report tells two stories” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It demonstrates what is possible when countries invest in health, communities and science. But […]

An illegal alien from Guatemala pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after previously being deported.  According to federal and state court documents, Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, 64, who resided in Beltsville, Maryland, unlawfully reentered the United States after having been previously removed. On Sept. 6, 2024, Perez Batres was arrested in Maryland on state charges […]

These are not isolated incidents – they are the routine texture of life for Afghans under Taliban rule this spring, according to a new report from the UN mission in the country, UNAMA, that catalogues – in granular and often chilling detail – how the space for women, minorities and dissent keeps shrinking.   Between April and June 2026, UN human rights monitors recorded arrests over hairstyles, public floggings […]

A former Guatemalan mayor, Romeo Ramos Cruz, 58, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Ramos Cruz arrived in the United States on Aug. 4, 2025, following extradition from Guatemala, where he had been detained at the request of the United States.  […]

On Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern over Israel’s recent announcement of a series of measures in response to recent attacks.  These include accelerating the process to legalise farm outposts in the West Bank and establish new ones.    Settlements are illegal  The Secretary-General reiterated that all settlements, including outposts, have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of international law.  Moreover, they remain a […]

A fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters List was returned Saturday to the Southern District of Florida to face federal charges for her alleged role in a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds.  Elaine Escoe, 41, was charged by indictment in 2025 with conspiracy to commit wire […]

As health and social services have moved online, protecting people’s privacy while making sure digital transformation does not widen existing inequalities has become an urgent priority for the UN’s HIV/AIDS programme, said Daria Ocheret in an interview with UN News. Lessons from the pandemic UNAIDS’ focus on digital security sharpened during the COVID-19 pandemic, when […]