Author: News Desk

Edem Wosurnu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent mission to the Caribbean island nation where violent armed gangs remain in control of large areas of the territory.  The worsening crisis is marked by rising insecurity, deepening protection needs, mass displacement, shocking levels of gender-based violence (GBV) and a challenging operating environment for the UN and partners.  Families, not figures  OCHA is sounding the alarm as over half the Haitian population, 6.4 million people, now need humanitarian […]

Today, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the first False Claims Act resolution secured under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which he launched in May 2025.  International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has agreed to pay the United States $17,077,043, inclusive of civil penalties, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing […]

Fuel shortages in the nation have deepened after Washington took measures at the end of January to block oil supplies from entering the Caribbean nation.  Despite the reported arrival of limited fuel supplies, including a recent oil shipment sent by Russia which was allowed to dock by the United States despite its blockade last week, […]

A District of Columbia (D.C.) inmate, his mother, and his brother pleaded guilty yesterday to drug conspiracy and the smuggling of contraband into the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility (CDF) in 2023. According to statements made in court, on May 23, 2023, D.C. correction officers seized approximately 31 sheets of paper soaked in a […]

The historic mission, which set a record during its lunar flyby for how far humans have ventured into space, was a significant step towards a return to the Moon’s surface for the first time since 1972 – as well as laying the foundation for future space exploration.  The UN’s advocate for space, internationally acclaimed physicist, author […]

  Illicit firearms pose a grave risk to public safety, fuelling terrorism, organised crime, gang violence and other serious offences. In the EU, it is currently difficult to combat firearms trafficking, given that current EU rules only cover the legal ownership and transfer of firearms. There are also significant differences in how firearms related offences […]

The Justice Department this week announced the settlement of litigation alleging that the Biden State Department actively silenced and censored disfavored speech by American citizens, in particular through its now-closed “Global Engagement Center.” The lawsuit alleged that the prior administration funded and promoted private companies’ development of technologies that social media companies and other private […]

Speaking from Khartoum, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in the country Marie-Helene Verney told reporters that since the start of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, some 14 million people, or a quarter of the population, have been forced […]

  The European Commission has proposed a new set of measures to prevent and counter terrorism. It has outlined how to reinforce Europe’s collective response to evolving terrorist and violent extremist threats. Over the past decade, the EU has strengthened its response to terrorism and violent extremism. However, the nature of these threats is constantly […]

A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday to 28 months in prison for deceiving banks by artificially inflating his company’s sales numbers to avoid bank scrutiny over its excessive consumer chargebacks. According to court documents, Michael Brian Cotter, 64, of Greenville, Rhode Island, was CEO of a tech support company that operated from a call […]