Category: World

Last November this Council adopted UN Security Council Resolution 2803, endorsing President Trump’s Comprehensive Peace Plan for Gaza.  It continues to offer a historic opportunity to achieve lasting peace. But eight months on, implementation risks stalling.  Now is the time for all parties to fulfil their commitments under the plan, in full.   In that context, […]

An illegal alien from Guatemala pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after previously being deported.  According to federal and state court documents, Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, 64, who resided in Beltsville, Maryland, unlawfully reentered the United States after having been previously removed. On Sept. 6, 2024, Perez Batres was arrested in Maryland on state charges […]

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), which notably increases the risk of stroke and cognitive disorders, is estimated to affect more than 5 million people in France alone. In the absence of a curative treatment, the prevention of cardiovascular risk factors remains the most effective strategy today. However, promising new therapeutic avenues are being explored. Cerebral […]

These are not isolated incidents – they are the routine texture of life for Afghans under Taliban rule this spring, according to a new report from the UN mission in the country, UNAMA, that catalogues – in granular and often chilling detail – how the space for women, minorities and dissent keeps shrinking.   Between April and June 2026, UN human rights monitors recorded arrests over hairstyles, public floggings […]

Due to the falling price of silicon solar cells, as well as their manageable size, the sight of solar panels on household rooftops has become a familiar one. However, solar energy, as many other sustainable forms of energy, is intermittent. At peak moments, such as on sunny summer days, the grid is flooded with solar […]

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) underpins the European Union’s (EU) strategy to decarbonise industries such as cement, steel, and chemicals. It involves capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial facilities, transporting it by pipeline or shipping and storing it permanently in geological formations. According to the European Commission this technology that captures emissions at their source […]

If you are dealing with the death of a child, multiple deaths, a suspicious death or a case of murder or manslaughter, call the British High Commission in Barbados +1 246 430 7800 and select the option for consular support. If the person who died had insurance, (this could include life or travel insurance) contact […]

A former Guatemalan mayor, Romeo Ramos Cruz, 58, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Ramos Cruz arrived in the United States on Aug. 4, 2025, following extradition from Guatemala, where he had been detained at the request of the United States.  […]

On Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern over Israel’s recent announcement of a series of measures in response to recent attacks.  These include accelerating the process to legalise farm outposts in the West Bank and establish new ones.    Settlements are illegal  The Secretary-General reiterated that all settlements, including outposts, have no legal validity and constitute a flagrant violation of international law.  Moreover, they remain a […]

As we have heard today, Russia continues to escalate in its violence against Ukraine.  Russia is on track to fire well over 300 missiles at Ukraine in July, a grim war record. Around half have been directed at Kyiv alone. And the consequences are clear in the rising civilian casualty figures, but also in Russia’s […]