Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3. The fourth day of the Commission ...

Haitian National Police on Monday announced the arrest of five people and two employees of the Institute for the Safeguarding of National Heritage (ISPAN) involved in a stampede at the Citadelle ...

The reported executions of four Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) by Russian forces near the village of Veterynarne in the ...

Amnesty International on Monday urged Venezuelan authorities to ensure that a newly enacted amnesty law is employed justly and impartially, following reports of its arbitrary application. The rights ...

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Brazil’s former intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem on Monday, according to a Brazilian senator, after he fled Brazil to avoid a 16-year ...

The Trump administration fired six more immigration judges on Friday, adding to growing dismissals as judges and lawyers continue to push for a more independent judicial immigration system. The ...

South Sudan’s military and opposition forces have blocked humanitarian access and unjustifiably ordered civilians to evacuate populated areas, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday.  The country's ...

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, warned on Sunday that the crisis in Sudan being 'abandoned.' The global rollback of humanitarian assistance, as well as the proliferation of ...

US President Donald Trump's Justice Department on Friday fired two immigration judges who previously ruled for pro-Palestinian activists facing removal proceedings, adding to a growing number of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Hungary's incoming government to take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights and dismantle laws and institutions used to suppress dissent, following ...

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1 and Day 2. The third day of the 70th session of the ...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Saturday extended a lower court's freeze on a partial preliminary injunction that had halted construction of the White House's ...