Category: World

A Florida nursing assistant was sentenced yesterday to nine years in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in an $11.4 million health care fraud and wire fraud conspiracy in which hundreds of Medicare beneficiaries were sent thousands of orthotic braces they did not need. Cruz was also ordered to pay $3,712,345.70 […]

The fragile United States-Iran ceasefire is holding, following over a month of strikes and counterstrikes in the Gulf region – and in connection with that conflict, the Houthi movement’s military wing launched attacks against Israel at the end of March. Tensions from this and earlier regional conflicts have long had implications for maritime security, and […]

I would like to begin by welcoming efforts to build upon the ceasefire we have seen over the past week between Iran and the US.  We thank Pakistan and all partners involved for facilitating this important step towards establishing stability in the region and working towards a return to freedom of navigation in the Strait […]

Note: Read the full settlement here. The Justice Department today announced that ADT LLC doing business as ADT Security Services, the nation’s largest home security services company, will pay over $1.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by imposing unlawful charges on at least 3,400 servicemembers who terminated […]

Menopause has long been treated as something private, but the silence surrounding it is increasingly at odds with demographic reality. Women over 50 are the fastest-growing group in the workforce in many countries, and most will experience menopause during their working lives. Despite this, workplaces, policies and research continue to treat menopause as a personal […]

Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the Security Council, António Guterres said that humanitarian and other legal obligations are being disregarded in the Middle East and elsewhere, breeding chaos, suffering and destruction.  He said the theme of upholding international law would be a central theme of his visit this week to the UN’s highest tribunal in the […]

“This grim and chastening anniversary marks another year when the world has failed to meet the test of Sudan,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a statement from Berlin, where the international community will meet on Wednesday, amid continuing efforts to end the war.  The deadly fighting that erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and […]

Register your presence Let the UK government know you’re in Qatar, register your presence if you’re in Qatar for further updates. Regional escalation  Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption.    The Iranian regime has publicly stated its intention to target locations associated with the United States and Israel. This includes […]

Many people have already heard of national digital wallets like France Identité in France, MyGov.be in Belgium, mObywatel in Poland, in Portugal or Ireland. These services provide a sovereign national digital identity that will be implemented throughout the EU by the end of 2026, once they have been brought into compliance with the EU eIDAS […]

Today, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group published a report detailing the Biden Administration’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Based on a review of over 700,000 internal records, the report not only details specific ways the Biden Justice Department weaponized federal law, but also outlines the corrective action taken […]