Category: World

The UK shares the EU’s commitment to effective multilateralism.  With deepening global instability, close cooperation between the UN and regional organisations remains essential.  The UK supports EU-UN coordination in maintaining international peace and security, as set out in the EU-UN Strategic Partnership.  We also welcome the strengthening of our own cooperation with the EU since […]

Bangladeshi national Saiful Islam, 39, will make his initial appearance in Laredo, Texas, today after being extradited from Brazil. An indictment in the Southern District of Texas was unsealed today charging Islam for his role in a conspiracy that smuggled numerous aliens through Central America to the United States. According to court documents, Islam participated in […]

Over the past twenty years, nearly half of commercially important Mediterranean fish species have shifted their distribution due to climate change, causing marine species to move away from their historical locations. These significant changes in fish habits are expected to have a major impact on biodiversity, ecosystems and fishing opportunities. On a global scale, species […]

Weekend developments have raised fresh concerns worldwide after talks between the United States and Iran on Saturday ended without agreement, fuelling uncertainty and raising tensions once again. The planned US blockade targeting Iranian ports going into effect has added to fears of further escalation and global trade disruption. Meanwhile, the humanitarian toll mounts, with Lebanese […]

Hungary’s most consequential election in decades has just delivered an important victory for democracy and accountability. For Hungarians, opposition leader Péter Magyar’s emphatic defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz Party ends 16 years of corruption and quasi-authoritarianism. The outcome will also be felt widely, from Moscow to Washington and beyond. In […]

– Advertisement – The world today seems more unstable than it has been for a long time: wars in Iran, Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and Sudan, plus countless minor military conflicts that barely make the news in Europe. So is war an inevitable part of human nature? Peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner disagrees: wars are not […]

A Guatemalan national charged in connection with the Dec. 9, 2021 mass casualty event in Chiapas, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to human smuggling charges related to the crash of a tractor-trailer packed with at least 160 illegal aliens — many of them Guatemalan nationals — which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 people, including […]

They urged immediate steps to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian access, and enable internally displaced persons to return safely and with dignity. “South Sudan stands at a critical juncture,” the group of experts said. “All parties must immediately cease hostilities and engage in meaningful dialogue to prevent further escalation of conflict and protect civilians.” Jonglei State […]

WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche today released a Memorandum on the Creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. Read the full memo. The core mission of the National Fraud Enforcement Division is to zealously investigate and prosecute those who steal or fraudulently misuse taxpayer dollars. The National Fraud Enforcement Division will fulfill that […]

The Hormuz Strait in the Persian Gulf, through which one fifth of the world’s supply of oil and gas passes, has been largely closed to shipping since the conflict involving Iran, the United States and Israel, as well as, to a lesser extent, other nations, began a month ago. The disruption to supplies has already […]