Category: World

Background Safeguarding means avoiding harm to people or the environment. Since early 2018, the FCDO has had a focus on safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH) in the international aid sector. Our goal is to ensure all those involved in work that we support take all reasonable steps to: prevent harm, […]

A U.S. District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s executive order aimed at dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the parent organization of Voice of America (VOA). The order had placed over 1,200 VOA employees, including approximately 1,000 journalists, on administrative leave, effectively halting the agency’s operations for […]

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called on Hamas to disarm and hand over governance of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority (PA). This appeal, made during a leadership council meeting, aims to bolster the PA’s legitimacy amid ongoing regional conflict and international pressure. Abbas emphasized that the PA is prepared to assume full […]

On April 22, 2025, a coordinated assault by militants in Pahalgam, Kashmir, left 26 people dead and over 20 injured, marking one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in India since 2008. The victims, including Indian nationals and foreign tourists, were ambushed in Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist destination. The assailants, armed with M4 carbines […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its World Economic Outlook, and it does not take an expert to deduce that, even among some of the world’s top economic minds, confident predictions are currently hard to come by. Every spring the IMF and World Bank hold their Spring Meetings in Washington DC: a week […]

  As the EU gets ready to celebrate 40 years of Schengen, the Commission has published its annual State of Schengen report. The report reviews the achievements, challenges and developments in the Schengen area over the last year. The report shows that Schengen rules are being well applied and that intensified EU efforts have led […]

TRENTON, N.J. – A Newark man convicted of operating a cross-state sex trafficking operation that involved a minor has been sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced. Amin Sharif, 50, was found guilty in July 2024 on five felony counts tied to […]

Tony Clanton, also known as “Tone,” was convicted by a federal jury on all counts related to a series of violent robberies and attempted robberies across Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Edison, New Jersey. The charges included Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, two counts of Hobbs Act robbery, attempted Hobbs Act robbery, and the use of firearms […]

ISTANBUL, April 23, 2025 — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Istanbul and surrounding provinces on Wednesday afternoon, injuring more than 150 people and sending panicked residents into the streets, authorities confirmed. The tremor struck at 12:49 p.m. local time, coinciding with National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, a public holiday when many children were out of […]

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce: Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met today with a high-level delegation from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) including Prime Minister of Tonga Dr. ‘Aisake Eke, the current PIF Chair, and PIF Secretary General Baron Waqa. The Deputy Secretary highlighted the United States, as a Pacific power, […]