Category: World

The passage of time and a severe shortage of heavy equipment have made the search and recovery operations increasingly difficult and complex, those working on this mission told UN News. In one of Gaza City’s neighborhoods, a piece of heavy machinery continues to remove the rubble of a war-destroyed house.  Meanwhile, civil defence personnel and […]

FCDO highlights some of the more unusual enquiries received by consular staff to remind travellers what support they can provide British nationals overseas.  Brits heading on summer holidays urged to check FCDO Travel Advice and sign up for email alerts before they travel.  Travellers encouraged to take simple steps such as getting travel insurance, checking Travel Advice […]

A complaint was unsealed today charging Abdul Zahir Qadeer, also known as “Haji Abdul Zahir,” a former general in Afghanistan’s Border Force and First Deputy Speaker of Afghanistan’s National Assembly’s House of the People, with conspiring to import heroin and methamphetamine and related firearms offenses. Qadeer is expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan today […]

A former Deputy U.S. Marshal was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for assaulting a federal inmate and writing a false report about the incident. In April 2026, after a three-day trial, a federal jury in the Western District of Louisiana convicted Joshua Firmin, 49, of one count of Deprivation of Rights Under Color […]

At the same time, low and middle-income countries are projected to lose 30 per cent of aid to education between 2023 and 2027. Development assistance to education has decreased for several years after the US heavily scaled back foreign aid and other countries prioritized debt payments and military spending. Because foreign aid for education is […]

A North Carolina man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the possession of child sexual abuse material.  According to court documents, Blace Arthur Nalavany, 59, of Winterville, North Carolina, possessed images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Nalavany pleaded guilty to the charge on […]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of South Sudan on Friday activated the country’s first-ever drought anticipatory plan targeting more than 65,000 people in Budi and Kapoeta North counties.  Anticipatory action is when humanitarian assistance is triggered before a crisis hits to protect lives, food security and incomes, WFP explained.  A transformative shift  The agency is now delivering cash transfers and early warning communications […]

The Home Office Modern Slavery Fund Viet Nam Programme will run from 2026 to 31 March 2029 to strengthen responses to labour, criminal and sexual exploitation affecting Vietnamese nationals. Grants are available across 4 pillars: Prevention, Protection, and System Strengthening in Viet Nam plus a complementary pillar improving identification and referral of Vietnamese nationals in […]

The Home Office Modern Slavery Fund Albania Programme will run from 2026 to 31 March 2029 to strengthen responses to labour, criminal and sexual exploitation affecting Albanian nationals and third country nationals in Albania. Grants are available across 4 lots: prevention, identification and reintegration, and institutional development in Albania, plus a complementary lot improving identification […]

Getting help with living in Portugal Help from the Portuguese government  For any questions about moving to or living in Portugal, you may be able to get help from the: The UK government and the British Embassy in Lisbon cannot give personalised advice on moving to, living or retiring in Portugal. Professional help in Portugal You […]