Category: World

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Cincinnati today to conspiring to create and distribute “animal crush” videos through his active participation in certain online groups. The videos depicted extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. According to court documents, Hugh T. Campbell conspired with others to create and distribute videos depicting acts […]

Izumi Nakamitsu briefed the Security Council on Thursday on the findings by the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which deployed a team to Syria in May. Inspectors found undeclared chemical munitions, related materials and extensive documentation. “These findings are a momentous discovery, not just for Syria, but for international security and […]

Tackling climate change is an urgent UK and global priority.  Without effective international action, we face accelerating threats to our security and prosperity, including rising sea levels, collapsing biodiversity, and more frequent extreme weather.  Climate change must therefore be an issue of deep concern to us all. The UK reaffirms its strong respect for the […]

Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, an American citizen who lived and worked in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), pleaded guilty today to acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States. “Pauken admitted to being part of a conspiracy to obtain sensitive information from the U.S. government for the PRC,” said […]

Heightened tensions in Beirut and intensified attacks in southern Lebanon have pushed families into fear and uncertainty, forcing many to make impossible choices in search of safety.   Healthcare centres struck Over the weekend, airstrikes damaged a UNFPA-supported primary healthcare centre and women and girls’ safe space in southern Lebanon, one of the few facilities […]

In February, I went to the Chad-Sudan border, and to the refugee camp there in Adré. There are mostly women and children there. One of the young women said to me that most of the women that she knew in the camp had suffered what she called “bad violence” on the way there. But hardly […]

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today that it opened fifteen new investigations into potential race discrimination in medical school admissions. The Division recently announced its findings that the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Yale University both illegally used race in medical school admissions. “Many of America’s top medical schools appear […]

They were joined by renowned ocean advocate Sylvia Earle and explorer Fabien Cousteau to mark the imminent release of the World Ocean Assessment, a sweeping report described at the event as “possibly the most important book about the ocean ever written”. Set to be launched on World Ocean Day, 8 June, the 1,600-page assessment is […]

The United Kingdom remains steadfast in our commitment to the complete, verified elimination of chemical weapons in Syria. Ridding Syria of Assad’s chemical weapons is a complex task. The former regime denied, concealed and lied about its chemical weapons programme. Despite this opaque and challenging context, Syria is achieving tangible results and accelerating the operation […]

The Justice Department today announced unprecedented federal and state cooperation in Ohio in the fight against fraud, including partnerships and a data sharing agreement to enhance the detection and prosecution of fraud; federal and state charges against 9 defendants for their alleged participation in over $42 million in fraud; orders of detention this week for […]