Category: World

Elite footballers will make the headlines this summer, but sport can have a transformative effect in every society, connecting communities across borders and generations, and creating spaces for dialogue, solidarity, and mutual respect. In just over two months, the world’s biggest sporting tournament will get underway in Mexico City and, as usual, billions of people […]

Federal law enforcement arrested West Bloomfield, Michigan resident Randon “Romero” Williams, who is charged by complaint with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding financial institutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). “These efforts are the first fruits of President Donald J. Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and come on the heels […]

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown has returned to the city with a core team, marking a renewed commitment to reaching those in need. This comes as more than 1.6 million people have recently returned to the capital, despite the persistent threat of damaged infrastructure and explosive remnants of war. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric […]

Today the Justice Department announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York revoked the naturalized U.S. citizenship of Michael Pizzuti, a native of Italy, after finding that he had illegally procured his citizenship. The court determined that Pizzuti had committed crimes involving moral turpitude and unlawful acts and had given […]

Edem Wosurnu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent mission to the Caribbean island nation where violent armed gangs remain in control of large areas of the territory.  The worsening crisis is marked by rising insecurity, deepening protection needs, mass displacement, shocking levels of gender-based violence (GBV) and a challenging operating environment for the UN and partners.  Families, not figures  OCHA is sounding the alarm as over half the Haitian population, 6.4 million people, now need humanitarian […]

Today, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the first False Claims Act resolution secured under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which he launched in May 2025.  International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has agreed to pay the United States $17,077,043, inclusive of civil penalties, to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing […]

Fuel shortages in the nation have deepened after Washington took measures at the end of January to block oil supplies from entering the Caribbean nation.  Despite the reported arrival of limited fuel supplies, including a recent oil shipment sent by Russia which was allowed to dock by the United States despite its blockade last week, […]

A District of Columbia (D.C.) inmate, his mother, and his brother pleaded guilty yesterday to drug conspiracy and the smuggling of contraband into the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility (CDF) in 2023. According to statements made in court, on May 23, 2023, D.C. correction officers seized approximately 31 sheets of paper soaked in a […]

The historic mission, which set a record during its lunar flyby for how far humans have ventured into space, was a significant step towards a return to the Moon’s surface for the first time since 1972 – as well as laying the foundation for future space exploration.  The UN’s advocate for space, internationally acclaimed physicist, author […]

  Illicit firearms pose a grave risk to public safety, fuelling terrorism, organised crime, gang violence and other serious offences. In the EU, it is currently difficult to combat firearms trafficking, given that current EU rules only cover the legal ownership and transfer of firearms. There are also significant differences in how firearms related offences […]