Child trafficking by gangs in Haiti has intensified amid escalating violence and institutional collapse and has placed the country’s long-term stability in jeopardy, according to a report released on Friday by the UN’s human rights office. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) found that gangs are systematically recruiting, coercing, and [...]

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn’t cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights organization exposed the document, known as the “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” (De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama) last month. This penal code, [...]

President Donald Trump announced a 10% global tariff after the US Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday ruling against his tariff imposition under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Trump called the US Supreme Court’s decision “deeply disappointing” and said he was “ashamed” of some Supreme Court justices. He said the 10% global tariff will be [...]

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed into law an amnesty measure that authorities say is intended to ease political tensions and accelerate the release of political prisoners. The law, titled the Amnesty Bill for Democratic Coexistence, authorizes a “general and full” amnesty for people prosecuted or convicted for political or related offences. The [...]

UNICEF published a statement Thursday outlining their deep concerns with the detention of children in Iran amidst ongoing public unrest. The statement, by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, stresses several key issues. First, the number and conditions of child detainees have not been available. Second, he details the [...]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that the province will hold a referendum on provincial immigration control and constitutional amendments in October 2026. The provincial referendum will ask Albertan voters six questions. In terms of policy issues, voters will indicate their stances on increased provincial control over immigration to prioritize economic migration; limiting provincial social [...]

Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence…shocking in its scale and brutality” during their final offensive to seize the city of El Fasher last October, according to the UN human rights office. That clinical phrasing barely conveys what actually happened: a city starved, surrounded, and then assaulted in a way that left [...]

The US Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision Friday on the legality of President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that the IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs. The IEEPA was enacted in 1977 to address significant [...]

Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday after the Seoul Central District Court found him guilty of leading an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024. The court held that Yoon’s decision to declare martial law and deploy military and police forces against [...]