Category: World

Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced that the Justice Department, on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has filed suit to stop California from imposing an illegal electric vehicle (EV) mandate through what are effectively state-specific mileage requirements for car manufacturers. Federal law prohibits individual states from adopting regulations related to fuel economy.   President Donald J. Trump and Secretary Duffy created the “Freedom Means Affordable […]

As the US-Israel war against Iran is well into its second week, with no sign of ending, it is having ever wider global ripple effects. Beyond severe consequences for the world economy, the political and diplomatic fallout has also had a significant impact on Europe. Europe is being forced to address the consequences of two […]

Thank you Mr Chair, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the participating States that, acting together, invoked paragraph 12 of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism in respect of Georgia: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine and the […]

Six years ago, as countries around the world went into COVID lockdowns, the air got cleaner. Factories slowed down, roads emptied and aeroplanes were grounded. As people stayed home, the world burned fewer fossil fuels and so carbon dioxide emissions dropped – by around 7% in 2020. But something else was also happening in the […]

The United Kingdom thanks the Group of Experts for their comprehensive report. It confirms that serious human rights violations in Belarus continue, with no genuine accountability. We remain deeply concerned by the ongoing arbitrary detention of over 1,100 political prisoners, including journalists, human rights defenders, and democratic opposition figures. While we note the release of […]

DUBAI / RIYADH — Equity markets across the Gulf fell sharply on Thursday, March 12, 2026, as a coordinated wave of Iranian strikes on critical energy and transport infrastructure rattled investor confidence. The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) Index led regional losses, sliding as residents and financial institutions grappled with the direct impact of drone and […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine continues to inflict immense suffering on the Ukrainian people. As we marked recently here at the OSCE, Ukrainians have now endured over four years of Russia’s full-scale war. We must never become inured to the Russian military’s brutal attacks, nor allow the deaths of […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. And thank you Ambassador Dzhusupov for your report, and for the work of your Office at a time of profound strain on our shared security.    In contrast to the comments of the previous speaker, it is clear that Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine continues to cause severe economic, environmental and humanitarian damage – both directly […]

CORK / PORTAGE — A devastating “wiper” cyberattack has crippled the global operations of medical technology giant Stryker, leaving thousands of employees at its Irish headquarters in Cork offline. On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, the Iranian-linked hacking group Handala claimed responsibility for the breach, describing it as a direct retaliation for the February 28 missile […]

Aetna Inc., a national insurer incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $117,700,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting or failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare. Under the Medicare Advantage […]