Category: World

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 […]

On Sunday, July 26, German police shot dead the suspected perpetrator of a car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march, which had left one dead and 20 injured the day before. The suspect already had a police record due to his previous attempt to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS). In the 2010s, […]

Cremation is not legal in Turkey and there are no cremation facilities. If the person who died had insurance, contact their insurance company as soon as possible. Read the general guidance on what to do when someone dies abroad, if you’re not sure if they had insurance. The insurance company should appoint a funeral director […]

A federal grand jury in the District of Idaho returned an indictment last week charging Miran Kostic, 66, of Boise, Idaho, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with lying while attempting to obtain U.S. citizenship. According to court documents, Kostic was a high-level official in the so-called Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (APZB). In that role, […]

Hepatitis B is a chronic infection affecting roughly 254 million people worldwide and causing about 1.1 million deaths each year, mainly from cirrhosis and liver cancer. Although a preventive vaccine has been available for more than 40 years, there is still no cure for people already living with the disease. Current antiviral medicines can suppress […]

The elderly Palestinian sits in a wheelchair mounted on a donkey-drawn cart, with an oxygen cylinder and a small fan beside him, as he makes his way from his tent in the Al-Mawasi area to the dialysis centre. “Since January 2024 until now, I have been undergoing dialysis sessions three times a week,” he said. […]

Today, the Justice Department, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment, Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) lodged a proposed settlement with Domtar A.W. LLC resolving alleged Clean Air Act and Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act violations involving the company’s kraft pulp and paper facility […]

After surviving a Russian attack that claimed her leg, Sasha now hopes her story will remind the world that Ukraine’s children are still living through war. Ahead of her performance – she’s a rhythmic gymnast specializing in choreographed routines – Sasha and her mother, Maria, visited UN Headquarters, where they spoke to UN News about […]

As part of a Homeland Security Task Force case, a federal grand jury in Del Rio, Texas, returned an indictment this week charging 11 defendants for their alleged involvement in an attempted alien smuggling operation that resulted in multiple illegal aliens being found dead inside a shipping container in May. The 11 defendants charged are: […]