Author: News Desk

The Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for a felony violation of the Lacey Act for its role in a timber trafficking scheme to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties. Boise Cascade was sentenced to pay a fine of $6,382,000, representing twice the gross profits it derived from the illegal wood […]

For the first time in decades, the number of nuclear warheads is on the rise. Nuclear testing is back on the table and global military spending jumped to $2.7 trillion in 2025. Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres said the cornerstone of efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons has been eroding, with commitments unfulfilled and trust […]

Note: View the indictment in U.S. v. Xu Zewei et al. here. Xu Zewei (徐泽伟), 34, of the People’s Republic of China was extradited to the United States this weekend and appeared today in U.S. District Court in Houston on a nine-count indictment related to his involvement in computer intrusions between February 2020 and June 2021. […]

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban issued the warning following a visit to Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.  “After a 14-day visit to the Central Sahel, I have witnessed firsthand a region rich in possibilities, yet continuously affected by insecurity, climate shocks, and socio-economic crises,” he said in a statement on Sunday.  Mali turmoil exemplifies the crisis  Recent reports of violence in Mali “are another example of the […]

  In the early hours of 26 April 1986, what should have been a routine test at Chornobyl nuclear power plant, quickly escalated into the world’s biggest nuclear accident. A combination of fatal flaws in the reactor’s design and human error, led to a catastrophic explosion, releasing massive amounts of radiation. The true number of […]

Why it matters: Some 20 per cent of the world’s gas and oil supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway which runs between Iran and Oman, and which has been largely closed to marine traffic since the outbreak of the conflict between Iran and the United States. The disruption of those supplies […]

Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako on Saturday and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, with gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Assaults by Tuareg rebels looking to establish a breakaway ethnic state, focused on northern areas while the armed groups […]

Unlike oil and gas, which expose countries to price spikes and geopolitical risk, renewables offer stable, domestically produced power that can strengthen energy security, cut emissions of harmful greenhouse gases and support long-term growth. In the second in our series focusing on how renewables are shaping the future of energy security, UN News looks at […]

“As a female coach, the girls trust me,” she said. “They tell me things they can’t tell anyone else, about pressure to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), about being told to quit school, about relationships that make them feel unsafe.” In parts of rural and hard-to-reach Uganda, female genital mutilation remains a serious human rights […]