Category: World

  On April 18 we celebrate 75 years since the signing of the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the first Treaty that led to the creation of the European Union.  Signed by Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, it paved the way for […]

The earliest documentary evidence of organised whaling dates back to the 11th century in the Basque Country. From there, the activity spread rapidly across the ports of the Bay of Biscay, from Galicia to Labourd in France, and then across the Atlantic to countries such as Brazil and Iceland. It became an extremely profitable business, […]

If the person who died had insurance, contact their insurance company as soon as possible. The insurance company should appoint a funeral director in Namibia and the UK. They may also cover the cost of bringing the person’s body to the UK (repatriation) and help with any medical, legal, interpretation and translation fees. If you’re […]

A Colombian national residing in Virginia was sentenced today to eight years in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for receipt of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to court documents, Jorge Antonio Escobar, 50, had downloaded and saved images and videos of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including depictions of prepubescent minors. […]

Bringing together data from more than 300 analysts and dozens of trusted partners – including government-validated statistics, hunger classification index the IPC, agricultural and economic data – the map provides the most complete and up-to-date picture of hunger facing the world’s most vulnerable. “It allows you, journalists, but also policymakers, students here in the room, […]

Fernando Brown, also known as “Nino,” 33 of Columbus, Georgia, a repeat offender, was convicted today by a federal jury of distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana while armed. A total of 30 defendants have now either been convicted at trial or pleaded guilty to drug charges resulting from Operation Sweet Silence, a multi-agency law enforcement […]

Today, the Justice Department announced that it has closed a compliance review of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). The Department opened this review based on a provision of the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program that required ISAC to set […]

The Department of Justice has secured the denaturalization of Gurdev Singh Sohal, also known as Dev Singh, also known as Boota Singh Sundu, who naturalized in 2005 despite having been ordered deported in 1994. After receiving a deportation and exclusion order under the name Dev Singh, Sohal failed to leave the country, and, instead, acquired […]

Standing in front of a bombed-out residential building in the city of Dnipro which came under a sustained attack from Russian strikes late Wednesday night, the top UN official in the country issued an impassioned yet weary plea: stop the attacks. A dozen residents, including a child, were reported killed, with scores more injured in […]

The United Kingdom was grateful to Bahrain for its leadership in bringing forward this draft resolution, and for its constructive, good-faith efforts to build consensus across the Council on an issue of critical importance to international peace and security.  We regret that the draft resolution was vetoed. Madam President, navigational rights and freedoms are a […]