Category: World

The report to the Human Rights Council called on the Government, led by partners in marriage and politics, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, to ensure accountability, restore civic space, and take meaningful measures to guarantee the rights of all Nicaraguans – including those in exile. “Repression and institutional corruption have become the governing method in Nicaragua […]

After the US and Israel began their military strikes on Iran on February 28, oil and gas markets were plunged into chaos and energy prices shot up. As of today, Brent Crude Oil prices are 20% higher than in late February. They went from around $70 a barrel in late February to quickly surpassing $100, […]

Three individuals were convicted today at trial in connection with a racketeering conspiracy encompassing multiple fraud schemes, including visa fraud to employ foreign workers unlawfully, soliciting salary kickbacks from the employed workers, and health care fraud billing schemes resulting in over $32 million in losses to Pennsylvania Medicaid. As proven at trial, Bhaskar and Arun […]

The United Kingdom remains resolute in its commitment to eradicating the threat posed by chemical weapons in Syria.   We welcome the 22 January publication of the fifth Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Investigation and Identification Team (IIT) report. The report concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Syrian Arab […]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not just a controversial politician. There is more to him than meets the eye: he is a figure who has turned suspicion into a political identity, and who has learned how to weaponize the language of transparency in order to erode confidence in Public health itself. His rise to power […]

Community leaders have been welcomed by ministers to a major inter-faith iftar celebrating Muslim contributions to British society at Lancaster House in London.  More than 180 people from across the UK heard speeches, viewed  exhibitions and ate together at a Ramadan event (4 March), held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.    The joint reception celebrated the economic, social, cultural and […]

The conflict in the Middle East is adding further strain and instability to Afghanistan with commodity prices already rising in the “already fragile economy”, according to Georgette Gagnon, Officer-in-Charge of the UN mission in the country (UNAMA), whose mandate is up renewal later this month in the Security Council. Meanwhile, the trade route through Iran […]

Suzuka Nakamura from the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, which along with Hiroshima, was targeted by an atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, is determined to create the museum to bring the stories of hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) to communities far beyond those two cities.  Ms. Nakamura, whose grandmother was a […]

The warning came against the backdrop of reports of fresh airstrikes by the military on a trading junction in the central Magway region. According to media reports, more than 25 individuals were killed and 20 others wounded. “The humanitarian situation continues to worsen with each passing year due to ongoing conflict, recurrent disasters, and steady […]