Category: World

Let me begin by thanking Panama for its stewardship of the 1540 Committee in 2025, including through the creation of the first voluntary technical reference guide on national export controls.  I will make four points.  First, resolution 1540 remains as important to international security today as when it was negotiated over twenty years ago.  It […]

The Mediterranean Sea is home to some of the ocean’s largest animals. Among the nine species of cetaceans commonly found along its western shores are the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, the world’s second-largest marine animal), and the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). These species can reach lengths of up to 23 and 18 metres respectively, and […]

Two owners of a pharmaceutical wholesale company were sentenced Friday to a total of 38 years in prison for orchestrating a complex, nationwide drug diversion scheme that harmed vulnerable HIV-positive patients, placed countless others at risk, and corrupted the supply chain for prescription drugs in the United States. “Patrick and Charles Boyd did not just […]

Speaking at the 2026 Green Growth Summit in Brussels, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said the volatility underscored the strategic value of renewable energy. “Renewables turn the tables,” he said during a keynote address to the event, which brings together European climate and environment ministers alongside businesses, […]

Note, the press release has been updated to include a disclaimer in the penultimate paragraph.  The Justice Department announced a recently concluded large-scale international operation targeting organized crime networks involved in waste and pollution crime. The global operation code-named Custos Viridis, took place between January and December 2025 on five continents, and was led by […]

FARGO, ND / NASHVILLE, TN — Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old grandmother from north-central Tennessee, is seeking legal accountability after a flawed AI facial recognition match led to her wrongful incarceration for nearly six months. The incident, which came to light on Thursday, March 12, 2026, saw Lipps extradited 1,200 miles to North Dakota for a […]

DAYTON, OHIO — Federal authorities and military investigators have launched a wide-scale search following the reported disappearance of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland. The veteran officer, who formerly commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, vanished under circumstances that have placed his storied career in advanced aerospace […]

I am gravely concerned about the developing conflict in Lebanon, and the scale of the humanitarian impact. We must not see a widening of this conflict which is already causing significant civilian casualties and mass displacement. Our immediate focus is our humanitarian response in Lebanon and our diplomatic efforts with allies to prevent escalation. I […]

A federal jury convicted Darren Patrick Riley, 45, of Honolulu, Hawaii, yesterday of 12 counts related to his trafficking and sexual exploitation of five minor boys in Oahu in 2019 and 2020. According to evidence presented at trial, Riley used the app, Grindr, to meet the minors who ranged from 14 to 16 years old. […]

Speaking to reporters in the capital Beirut following two weeks of widespread destruction triggered by the US and Israeli bombing of Iran, António Guterres noted that Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel in support of Tehran had been followed by a “devastating” Israeli bombing campaign which is “rendering large portions of Lebanon uninhabitable.” No war of […]