Author: News Desk

The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a civil complaint in federal court today against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) and the District of Columbia for claims of Clean Water Act violations from the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor resulting in the discharge of […]

More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the latest session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) – the platform that has placed their concerns at the centre of international debate over the past 25 years.  “From the Amazon to Australia, and Africa to the Arctic, you are the great guardians of nature, a living library of biodiversity conservation, and champions of climate action,” UN Secretary-General […]

A federal jury in the Northern District of Georgia convicted a Georgia man Friday of sexually and physically abusing two minors. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Adam Schlueter, 37, of Atlanta, was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany while a member of the Army from 2009 until 2013. While there, he physically, emotionally, […]

That’s according to the final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), jointly conducted with the UN-partnered World Bank. The assessment says $26.3 billion will be needed in the first 18 months to restore essential services, rebuild critical infrastructure and support economic recovery. Since full-scale war erupted in Gaza following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel […]

There’s no getting away from the fact that in many countries around the world, populations are ageing and fertility is declining.  The latest State of World Population report from the UN sexual and reproductive rights agency (UNFPA) shows that around one in five adults worldwide believe they will not be able to have the number of […]

The incident occurred on Saturday morning local time as a UNIFIL team was clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the village of Ghanduriyah to re-establish links with isolated UN positions. The patrol came under small-arms fire from non-state actors. “Tragically, one peacekeeper succumbed to his injuries and three others were injured, two of them […]

In a statement issued on Friday, the agency warned that the incident threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people. “UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip,” the agency said. The two men […]

Why it matters The major questions going into the process which is now underway are: Which country will the next UN chief come from? Will a woman be chosen to lead the Organisation for the first time? How will the five Permanent Members of the Security Council overcome their political differences in an increasingly fractured […]

Three Memphis men have been sentenced following their convictions at trial on Nov. 12, 2025. A jury convicted Darius Moore, 39; Mervin Anderson, 40; and Mario Gardner, 49, all of Memphis, of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Yesterday, the court sentenced Moore to 210 months in prison. Anderson and Gardner were previously sentenced to 150 months and […]