Israel’s parliament voted to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Monday. UNRWA is a body that has been crucial in delivering aid and services to millions of Palestinian refugees for nearly 80 years. The move carries potentially dire consequences for the Palestinian population living [...]

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk and his America PAC on Monday. The lawsuit alleges that the PAC’s petition, with an offer to pay some Pennsylvania registered voters who sign $1 million, amounts to an illegal lottery. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery [...]

Virginia elections officials filed an emergency application to stay with the US Supreme Court Monday, requesting the court restore a state program that would remove 1,600 individuals from state voter lists. The request comes immediately following the US Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit’s refusal to revive the program on Sunday, after a federal district [...]

Myanmar’s security forces arrested Nay Soe Maung, son-in-law of former longtime military ruler Than Shwe, for allegedly posting inflammatory statements on his Facebook account, state-run media reported Thursday. Nay Soe Maung is currently the head of Mingalardon Hospital and a retired military general. His father is General Tin Sein. Nay Soe Maung is said to [...]

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, expressed concern on Saturday over severe human rights violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after the Sudan Doctors Network and the United Nations confirmed major attacks launched by the paramilitary group. The attacks were committed in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State between October 20 and 25. [...]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen denounced Russia’s alleged hybrid cyberattacks attacks against European democracies on Saturday, stating that the EU is constantly fighting disinformation. The statement comes a week after von der Leyen accused Russia of interfering with Moldova’s narrowly approved vote on joining the EU. In her Saturday statement she said, “It [...]

The government of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe extended a territory-wide curfew on Saturday, applying from 7 PM through 6 AM, after a strike by workers at the EDF-PEI power plant shut down the island’s electricity supply on Friday. The power plant at Pointe Jarry, is run by the Insular Electricity Production unit of [...]

A Louisiana judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday barring state police from further sweeps of the homeless in New Orleans. The order requires the Louisiana State Police, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to not destroy or dispose of unhoused people’s property without judicial process. [...]

Deputy executive director of UNICEF Ted Chaiban on Friday called for more international attention to the “forgotten crisis” in Sudan amid the country’s civil war. In a joint statement with UNHCR assistant high commissioner for operations Raouf Mazou, Chaiban noted the massive displacement and damage caused by the war being fought between the Sudanese Armed [...]

The UK Home Office denied Mandla Mandela’s visa to enter the UK on Friday, stating that his application had been rejected because of his stance on the Israel-Palestine war and alleged “support for Hamas.” Mandela, grandson of late anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela, has been a speaker at many pro-Palestine events in the [...]