UN human rights chief urges immediate action amid worsening Sudan humanitarian crisis - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. His statement came in light of the hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the...
EU review finds Israel breached human rights obligations under trade agreement - The European Union’s diplomatic service, European External Action Service (EEAS), concluded in a report Friday, that Israel may have violated its human rights obligations in the EU-Israel Association Agreement, according to Euronews. The EEAS’ report suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza, particularly...
Preppy Party Murder Trial: Chernowsky Recalls Tending to Bleeding Teens - Tanner Chernowsky said that after the fight, Jimmy lay bleeding as a Honda Pilot sped away. In the basement, Tanner found Ryan slumped, wounded, gasping for air. Tanner said he helped Ryan to an ambulance and then called Ryan's mother. (6/20/25)
Judge: Justin Baldoni Can See Texts Between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift - A judge ruled Justin Baldoni can see text messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift. Baldoni's attorneys will only have access to messages about their movie, "It Ends with Us." Lively's suit alleges harassment and workplace violations. (6/20/25)
Suspect confesses to one murder, planning a dozen more - NEW RIVER, Ariz. (Scripps News Phoenix) — About a week after Easter in April, ‘Pastor Bill’ Schonemann was found killed in his New River home. In a jailhouse interview with Scripps News Phoenix, the suspect in the case confessed to the killing and said he planned to murder more than a dozen priests...
UN space committee commends growing global south participation in outer space - The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) reported on Saturday a transition towards more inclusive global participation in outer space activities, with the growing involvement of Global South countries, such as Ghana, Maldives, Tonga, and Côte d’Ivoire. Having long been dominated...
Over 110 organizations urge EU to suspend trade agreement with Israel over alleged atrocities - Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter’s ongoing atrocities against Palestinians. The joint statement emphasized that such action is overdue in holding Israel accountable...
US bombs three Iranian nuclear sites, escalating military-conflict in region - US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that American planes targeted and bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, declaring that “now is the time for peace.” Planes bombed nuclear sites at Fordow, Nantaz, and Esfahan, with a “full payload” of bombs dropped at the primary target in Fordow....
Brendan Paul says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs got ‘extremely creative’ on drugs - NEW YORK (AP) — A former Syracuse University basketball player who worked recently for Sean “Diddy” Combs as a personal assistant testified at the music mogul’s sex trafficking trial on Friday that Combs got “extremely creative” when he was on drugs. Brendan Paul, 26, was arrested last year...
US Supreme Court sets rules for venue selection in environmental lawsuits - The US Supreme Court issued two rulings on Wednesday that establish where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions should be filed, remanding one lawsuit to regional circuits and directing the other suit to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 6-2 and...
