UN experts condemn US move to strip migrant children of legal aid
U.N. human rights experts on Tuesday denounced the Trump administration’s decision last year to cut legal aid for unaccompanied children in U.S. immigration proceedings. The condemnation came days after U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged the Trump…
Dozens Dead as Winter Storm and Cold Hit Central, Eastern US
At least 38 people across 14 states had died as of Tuesday from a powerful winter storm that left much of the central and eastern U.S. gripped by snow, ice, and below-freezing temperatures, according to local officials and news reports….
FBI Agent Resigns After Attempt to Investigate ICE Shooting
WASHINGTON – An FBI agent who tried to probe the U.S. immigration officer who fatally shot a 37-year-old U.S. citizen in Minneapolis earlier this month has resigned, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing sources. The FBI agent was…
California Joins UN Health Network After US Leaves WHO
California said on Friday it will become the first U.S. state to join the World Health Organization’s global outbreak response network following the Trump administration’s decision to pull Washington out of the WHO. The network, comprised of more than 360…
Airlines Brace for Storm Fern With Widespread Travel Waivers
NEW YORK – U.S. airlines have rolled out sweeping travel waivers as Winter Storm Fern, forecast to spread heavy snow, sleet and dangerous ice across two dozen states, threatened to disrupt air travel across a wide swath of the country…
Post-Election Crackdown in Uganda: 2,000 Detained, 30 Killed
NAIROBI – Uganda’s military chief said on Friday that authorities had detained 2,000 opposition supporters, killed 30, and were hunting for more following a disputed presidential election in which his father, Yoweri Museveni, won a seventh term. The elder Museveni,…
US Pressures Iraq With Threat to Block Oil Funds Over Iran
DUBAI/WASHINGTON – Washington has threatened senior Iraqi politicians with sanctions targeting the Iraqi state – including potentially its critical oil revenues – should armed groups backed by Iran be included in the next government, four sources told Reuters. The warning…
Five Key Takeaways From Davos 2026
DAVOS, Switzerland – World leaders and business executives departed from Davos after an eventful World Economic Forum annual meeting which was dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump. Here’s what we learned: GEOPOLITICS Europe learned the value of standing up to…
At Davos, African Leader Seeks Business Deals With Eric Trump
DAVOS, Switzerland – The president of Somaliland was at the World Economic Forum this week to win international recognition for his country and pitch investment opportunities in the East African nation. At a closed-door dinner on the sidelines of the…
Oil Rises on Iran Rhetoric and Kazakhstan Supply Outage
LONDON – Oil prices rebounded on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran, raising concerns of military action that could disrupt crude supplies while there are outages in Kazakhstan. Brent crude futures for March rose $1.68, or…
Minnesotans to Launch Economic Strike Over Trump Immigration Raids
Scores of businesses across Minnesota were expected to close for the day on Friday in what religious leaders and labor unions are describing as a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers…
Document Shows EU Alarm Over Trump’s Power on Board of Peace
BRUSSELS- The European Union’s foreign policy arm has raised questions about U.S. President Donald Trump’s broad powers over his new Board of Peace, according to an internal document seen by Reuters. Trump has urged world leaders to join his Board of…
Trump Casts Long Shadow Over Davos and WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland – As President Donald Trump and other top U.S. officials rolled through the icy streets of Davos this week, fear and in some cases loathing were mixed with resignation over the administration’s way of doing business. While many…
EU Pauses €93 Billion Retaliatory Trade Package Against US
BRUSSELS – The European Commission said on Friday it would propose suspending for another six months an EU package of retaliatory trade measures against the U.S. worth 93 billion euros ($109.19 billion) that would otherwise kick in on February 7….
Israel Aims to Keep More Palestinians Out of Gaza
TEL AVIV – Israel wants to restrict the number of Palestinians entering Gaza through the border crossing with Egypt to ensure that more are allowed out than in, three sources briefed on the matter said ahead of the border’s expected…
Vaccine Firms Brace as Kennedy’s Health Policies Take Shape
LONDON- Sweeping U.S. policy changes under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are having a chilling effect on vaccine makers as anti-vaccine rhetoric has turned into concrete changes to inoculation schedules and recommendations, investors and executives said. The administration of…
Dollar Dips as Greenland Worries Ease; Aussie Jumps
The U.S. dollar was lower on Thursday as the “sell America” trade faded after President Donald Trump dropped tariff threats and ruled out seizing Greenland by force, and was little changed by U.S. inflation data that was in line with…
US Brings Charges in Alleged Classified Information Leak Case
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it had brought criminal charges against a man who allegedly shared classified military information with a Washington Post reporter, whose house was raided during the investigation. Aurelio Perez-Lugones, 61, is accused of taking…
Four Minnesota Children Detained by ICE, School Officials Say
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS – U.S. immigration officials have detained at least four children, including a five-year-old, from the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights, according to school officials and a lawyer for the family, who challenged the government narrative of the five-year-old’s…
Former Canadian Olympic Snowboarder Arrested in Drug Case
Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has been arrested, NBC News reported on Friday, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the U.S. investigation. Wedding, 44, was on the U.S. FBI’s Top…