Category: World

Defense contractor LOGZONE Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama has agreed to pay $507,144 to resolve its liability under the False Claims Act for knowingly failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in contracts with the Department of the Navy. “Government contractors that obtain sensitive defense information in administering their contracts must follow required cybersecurity standards,” said Assistant […]

Mr President, This statement is on behalf of the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice for Sudan and 21 other states. We support the Special Rapporteur’s mandate and welcome his latest report. We are gravely alarmed by the urgent risks of atrocities and deliberate killings in Sudan. Mr President, ten consecutive days of drone strikes […]

The Justice Department announced today fifteen individuals, 11 illegal aliens and four U.S. citizens, have been charged and arrested for benefit fraud in Massachusetts. The defendants are charged with more than $1.4 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit fraud, MassHealth benefit fraud and disability and unemployment benefit fraud, just to name a few. […]

26 years on from the Security Council Resolution 1325, this Council’s message remains clear: sustainable peace requires women’s full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation.   And yet, we’ve heard from our briefers, women continue to be excluded from peace negotiations and political transitions.  According to the Secretary-General’s annual report, in 2024, nearly 90% of negotiation tracks […]

18 June 2026 Press Release International and organised crime CPS A man who supplied dangerous weapons to the drug-dealing head of a Birmingham-based crime group has today been jailed for more than 10 years. Rizwan Malik, 43 of Small Heath, supplied crime boss Danyal Aziz with three Walther Creed 9mm self-loading, semi-automatic pistols, via one […]

“We believe the fact that the indispensable role of the IAEA is recognized is a sound point of departure,” said Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in reference to the reported text of the memorandum. “Now it’s for us to sit down with our American colleagues, our Iranian colleagues […]

Updates to this page Published 10 August 2015 Last updated 18 June 2026 — Show all updates 18 June 2026 We have updated the application forms for marital status certificates and certificates of no impediment. 13 February 2025 Guidance for applications updated. If your partner has been married before, you no longer need to provide […]

The findings come in the annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) which documents six main violations: killing and maiming, recruitment and use, abduction, rape and other forms of sexual violence, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of humanitarian access.  The report verified 38,558 grave violations committed in 2025 affecting 24,174 children, many of whom suffered multiple violations. A third of the victims were girls.  This marks the highest number […]

Hybrid cars are a regular sight on European roads today. Sitting between internal combustion engines and fully electric vehicles, they run on fuel for some of the journey and electricity for the rest. That concept might be about to shake up the aviation industry. Aviation accounts for around 2.5% of global carbon emissions, a share […]

Thank you, Mr Vice President, We thank the Special Rapporteur for her important work and today’s report. We commend her dedication throughout her mandate during which she has been a principled and authoritative voice for the protection of freedom of expression worldwide. We express our deep appreciation for her leadership, independence, and consistent defence of […]