The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Rwanda to release all journalists imprisoned for their work and to investigate allegations that prison officials have mistreated and tortured journalists, in a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council ahead of Rwanda’s Fourth Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 21. During the review, U.N. […]
Trump administration officials are set to meet with Danish officials Wednesday to discuss Greenland — talks that now come after President Donald Trump openly rejected any middle ground, insisting the United States must acquire the territory outright. Speaking aboard Air Force One Sunday night, Trump warned that Russia or China would move in if Washington […]
President Donald Trump says Iran has reached out to the U.S. to negotiate, even as his administration prepares for high-level talks that could lead to military action. Talks may be starting, but force remains on the table as protests inside Iran grow deadlier. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One late Sunday, Trump said the outreach […]
The federal government has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, but he says it’s retaliation for refusing to cut interest rates. Plus, as deadly protests spread across Iran, President Donald Trump says the Iranian leadership has reached out to negotiate. But he’s also warning that the U.S. could act before any […]
As new video of a deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis has surfaced, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her stance that it was justified. On Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reposted what appears to be a cellphone video recorded by ICE officer Jonathan Ross during the fatal encounter between him and Renee Good. The media smeared […]
More than 500 people have been killed in Iran amid protests that have been going on for more than two weeks now. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activist News Agency reported that 490 protesters and 48 security personnel died in the unrest. More than 10,670 were detained as of Sunday as well. These are some of […]
Nicaragua’s government announced Saturday it released dozens of prisoners from the national penitentiary system. The announcement comes after Friday’s demand by the United States to release 60 political prisoners in the country. It also follows a week of regional tension after the U.S. military’s operation in Venezuela on Jan. 3, which resulted in the capture of its […]
Nationwide protests were held calling to get “ICE out for Good” on Saturday and Sunday. There were more than 1,000 events scheduled nationwide. These protests were led by groups such as Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign of the Not Above […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday in a Truth Social post urged Cuba to make a deal with the United States “BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE” following the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela,” Trump said. “In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ […]
A new report by AccuWeather shows several climate trends that meterologists warn could have “major impacts on the U.S. economy, our food and water supply, human comfort levels, energy needs and the health and welfare of citizens over the coming decades.” Temperatures have increased an average of 0.5% per decade over the past 70 years, […]
