The ink on the framework agreement had barely dried before the explosions resumed. In the weeks following the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, residents across southern Lebanon reported continued Israeli airstrikes — a pattern that cast an immediate shadow over…
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco has reached a $395 million settlement resolving more than 500 lawsuits filed by survivors of child sexual abuse committed by church clergy, plaintiffs’ attorneys announced on Monday. The agreement, which concludes a bankruptcy…
UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans this week to dismantle the existing asylum appeals tribunal and replace it with a new body staffed by members of the public trained in a magistrate-style model — a structural overhaul that would…
Mortality Rate More Than Doubled Since Start of Trump’s Second Term, Human Rights Watch Says At least 52 people have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between 20 January 2025 and 4 June 2026, according to a new…
UK Immigration Bill to Restrict Asylum Rights and Curb Human Rights Protections, MPs Warned Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to place a sweeping immigration and asylum bill before parliament as early as next Tuesday, introducing measures that would accelerate…
Syrians Push Back Against Trump’s Demand to Take on Hezbollah Residents in Damascus have rejected a proposal by US President Donald Trump that Syria should take military action against Hezbollah in Lebanon, warning that their country must not be pulled…
Five Eyes Intelligence Agencies Warn Advanced AI Could Enable Government-Crippling Cyberattacks Within Months Cyber security agencies from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a rare joint warning that frontier artificial intelligence models are developing at a pace that could…
Gunman Kills One at Ecuador’s Guayaquil Airport in Suspected Targeted Assassination A gunman shot and killed one man and wounded another at the international arrivals area of José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Wednesday, June 17,…
Israel Transfers Authority Over Hebron to Military, Smotrich Confirms Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on 17 June 2026 that Israel has transferred full civil and security authority over the West Bank city of Hebron to the Israeli military, a…
Netanyahu Vows to Hold Occupied Lebanese and Syrian Territory Despite US-Iran Ceasefire Deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Monday that Israeli forces will remain indefinitely on occupied Lebanese and Syrian territory, directly challenging the terms of a ceasefire…