Category: World

The United Nations has raised alarm over escalating human rights violations in Tanzania following the country’s disputed general election, urging authorities to restore civil liberties and ensure accountability for reported abuses. Widespread Unrest After Disputed Vote Following Tanzania’s 29 October 2025 general election, the UN Human Rights Office issued a formal statement expressing deep concern […]

Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan has condemned a criminal arson attack on a building housing asylum seekers in Drogheda, Co. Louth, describing it as a terrifying ordeal that endangered lives and left several residents hospitalized. Fireworks Trigger Blaze at IPAS Facility On the evening of 31 October 2025, fireworks were […]

31 October 2025 Press Release Violent crime Mersey-Cheshire The parents of a thirteen-week-old baby boy have been convicted of his murder. Miguel Pirjani, was admitted to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool on 24 November 2024 after his father Klevi Pirjani,  of Percy Road in Seacombe, Wallasey, had dialled 999. He told the Operator that Miguel “just […]

In Norway’s parliamentary elections in September 2025, the social-democratic Labour Party emerged as the winner — partly because it campaigned to preserve the country’s wealth tax. The Scandinavian state demonstrates how a tax on the richest can function effectively. Norway has had a wealth tax for over 130 years The formuesskatt (wealth tax) has existed […]

A dual Canadian American citizen made her initial appearance in court in Plattsburg, New York today after being extradited to New York from Canada to face charges relating to her role in a deadly human smuggling conspiracy that left a family of four, including two small children, dead in the St. Lawrence River. In June […]

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a sweeping re-election victory amid widespread criticism over the exclusion of key opposition candidates, triggering allegations of establishing a one party state and deadly protests, raising concerns about democratic backsliding in East Africa’s second-largest economy. Landslide Victory Amid Political Repression President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s first female head […]

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: Secretary of State Marco Rubio met yesterday with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the sidelines of APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in Gyeongju to underscore that deeper trilateral cooperation advances trusted economic leadership in the Indo-Pacific, tangibly […]

Torrential rain, storm surges, and landslides caused by the hurricane have left a trail of destruction across the region, with homes flattened, roads and bridges washed away, and vast areas still without power or Internet access and other telecommunications. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said that aid supplies are on the way and that […]

The figure represents a two-thirds increase in displacement over the past five years, with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger at the epicentre of overlapping humanitarian emergencies. “Across the central Sahel, people are being driven from their homes by violence, insecurity, and the devastating effects of climate change,” said Abdouraouf Gnon-Kondé, Regional Director for West and […]

U.S. District Judge John McConnell has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to suspend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ensuring continued food aid for over 42 million Americans amid an ongoing government shutdown. Judicial Intervention in Providence On 31 October 2025, Judge John McConnell of the District Court of Rhode […]