Category: World

The Justice Department this week announced the settlement of litigation alleging that the Biden State Department actively silenced and censored disfavored speech by American citizens, in particular through its now-closed “Global Engagement Center.” The lawsuit alleged that the prior administration funded and promoted private companies’ development of technologies that social media companies and other private […]

Speaking from Khartoum, the representative of the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, in the country Marie-Helene Verney told reporters that since the start of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 15 April 2023, some 14 million people, or a quarter of the population, have been forced […]

  The European Commission has proposed a new set of measures to prevent and counter terrorism. It has outlined how to reinforce Europe’s collective response to evolving terrorist and violent extremist threats. Over the past decade, the EU has strengthened its response to terrorism and violent extremism. However, the nature of these threats is constantly […]

A Rhode Island man was sentenced yesterday to 28 months in prison for deceiving banks by artificially inflating his company’s sales numbers to avoid bank scrutiny over its excessive consumer chargebacks. According to court documents, Michael Brian Cotter, 64, of Greenville, Rhode Island, was CEO of a tech support company that operated from a call […]

Speaking from Beirut, where he witnessed Wednesday’s attacks first-hand, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s representative in the country Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar, said that according to the latest figures from Lebanon’s Ministry of Health some 300 people were killed in the strikes – one of the highest single-day death tolls since the renewal of full-scale hostilities between […]

The escalation comes amid rising protection risks for civilians and aid workers, with three humanitarian personnel killed between 7 and 16 February in Jonglei and Upper Nile states, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA. Access to some of the worst-affected areas remains uneven despite renewed pledges by authorities to allow relief operations. Last […]

  Starting today, the EU’s new border management system is officially fully operational at all external border crossing points of the EU, except for Cyprus and Ireland. The Entry/Exit System is an automated IT system for registering non-EU nationals travelling for short stays – up to 90 days in 180-day period. It replaces the old […]

The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division announced the following actions of the Department of Justice across the country today to hold individuals accountable for schemes that attempted or succeeded in defrauding taxpayer-funded programs of over $260 million. “The National Fraud Enforcement Division will vigorously pursue those who steal taxpayer dollars. We will find you […]

Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, said the broader reform effort is now moving into a new stage. “We are now entering the delivery-focused phase of our work, building on the momentum generated by recent achievements”. Launched last year, the UN80 Initiative is a system-wide effort to reshape how the United Nations works so that every […]

More than 1.8 million children under five are also at risk of acute malnutrition between now and June, according to latest analysis published on Tuesday by the IPC food security monitoring platform (see our UN News explainer on the platform here).  The worrying development comes after the October to December Deyr season rains failed and crop production fell. Those most impacted are poor farmers, pastoralists, and internally displaced people.  Drought, displacement, aid shortfalls  In Somalia, drought, insecurity and conflict in the centre, […]