Click to expand Image Masked US federal agents outside the immigration court in Manhattan’s 26 Federal Plaza, New York City, October 31, 2025. © 2025 Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/AP Photo (Washington, DC, December 18, 2025) – United States federal immigration enforcement agents now commonly operate masked and without visible identification, compounding the abusive and unaccountable nature of […]
Click to expand Image Children at a free government pre-primary school, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 2022. © 2022 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s right to a free education. Last week, countries gathered at the UN in Geneva to explore […]
Click to expand Image Kazakhstan Senate. © 2018 SenateKz/Wikimedia Kazakhstan’s Senate adopted two rights-violating laws on December 18, both of them threatening freedom of expression. The first is a discriminatory draft law banning so-called propaganda of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) expression, which would make it illegal to publicly support LGBT rights. The clear intention […]
The UN Secretary-General on Friday condemned the arbitrary detention of ten more UN personnel by Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, warning that the growing crackdown is crippling humanitarian operations and putting millions of lives at risk.
Israel 19 December 2025 #1 gnada Fri, 12/19/2025 – 22:07 Israel Fri, 12/19/2025 – 12:00 19 December 2025 Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Naqoura, Lebanon as part of the ongoing U.S.-led multi-lateral security dialogue. The Israeli prime minster’s office said: “During the meeting, ways to promote economic projects were discussed in order to underscore […]
Lebanon 19 December 2025 #1 gnada Fri, 12/19/2025 – 22:08 Lebanon Fri, 12/19/2025 – 12:00 19 December 2025 Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Naqoura, Lebanon as part of the ongoing U.S.-led multi-lateral security dialogue. The Israeli prime minster’s office said: “During the meeting, ways to promote economic projects were discussed in order to underscore […]
Israel 19 December 2025 #1 gnada Fri, 12/19/2025 – 22:09 Israel Fri, 12/19/2025 – 12:00 19 December 2025 An Israeli court indicted a Russian national, who was in the country on a work permit, for spying for Iran. He allegedly photographed sensitive sites, including ports and oil refineries, in exchange for cryptocurrency.
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, as fighting in the country’s east intensified amid renewed offensives by the M23 rebel group.
The United Nations has urged calm in Bangladesh after the killing of a prominent youth protest leader sparked fresh unrest, raising concerns about political violence and the safety of civic space as the country prepares for elections early next year.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) called on Friday for an investigation into the killing of one of its staff members in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal state.
