Peru’s interim President José Jerí on Wednesday offered inconsistent explanations over unregistered meetings with two Chinese business owners who are subject to ongoing legal investigations. According to media reports, the meetings include an unregistered encounter with businessman Zhihua Yang in late December 2025 and in early January 2026, which took place at a Chifa restaurant, [...]
Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname announced Thursday the arrest of nearly 200 individuals in a transnational operation to combat illegal gold mining in the Amazon. Backed by Interpol, the European Union through EL PACCTO 2.0, and Dutch police specialising in environmental crime, the operation— dubbed “Operation Guyana Shield”—involved over 24,500 [...]
US immigration enforcement faced mounting scrutiny Friday from international officials as well as congressional Democrats following a detainee death ruled a homicide by a county medical examiner in Texas. The disturbing development comes amid record deaths in Homeland Security custody. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on the US to ensure that [...]
A Texas court found a former school police officer not guilty on charges stemming from the reportedly delayed police response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Jesse Rizo, uncle of a 9-year-old killed in the shooting, said the verdict “sends a signal that you entrust a school system, a school [...]
A top official with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Thursday that activist Mahmoud Khalil will be taken into custody again and sent to Algeria. President Donald Trump’s administration had previously sought to deport Khalil over his involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations as a Columbia University graduate student in New York City. On [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday called on Kazakhstan to immediately drop criminal charges against 19 activists who are part of the Atajurt human rights movement and face up to 10 years in prison for participating in a peaceful protest near the nation’s border with China. Marie Struthers, Eastern Europe and Central Asia director at Amnesty International, [...]
UN officials warned on Wednesday that Haiti’s crisis has reached a critical phase as violence escalates, with entrenched criminal networks and spiralling humanitarian needs fueling national instability. Haiti is nearing the end of a foreseen political transition period, set to expire on February 7. However, the UN officials stated that efforts to restore security, democratic [...]
Maine Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday responded to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s launch of “Operation Catch of the Day” in the state. In a public release, Mills assured state residents that her administration would work to uphold the law and protect residents, stating: If the Federal government has warrants, then it should show them. [...]
A Georgia man pleaded guilty to wire fraud in US federal court on Wednesday for engineering “the largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia history,” defrauding over 2,000 investors of over $380 million. The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia released a statement explaining how Todd Burkhalter was the mastermind behind financial advisory group [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Thursday for accountability for the toxic spills that have affected children living near Lega Dembi gold mine in Ethiopia, urging the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to ask the Ethiopian government to suspend mining operations and take measures to safeguard children’s health. HRW reported that [...]
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