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A top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application with messages set to be automatically deleted after eight hours was potentially illegal, two watchdog groups said. Lindsey Halligan, the interim US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, used Signal earlier this month to communicate with Anna Bower, a journalist for Lawfare, about the […]
A group of 78 rights organizations on Friday issued a joint statement condemning US sanctions on three Palestinian human rights organizations, raising concern over implications in the enforcement of international law. Signed by major rights groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the statement said that the […]
By Ryder Cup Digital On September 24, 2025 11:15 UTC Practice rounds continue on Wednesday at Bethpage Black for the 2025 Ryder Cup. The United States was out on the course Monday and Tuesday, and will return to the Black late morning on Wedneday to get more work in prior to the Opening Ceremonies. Europe […]
Wildlife groups have condemned a decision by regulators in Florida to allow the hunting of black bears for the first time in a decade, and to permit “barbaric” practices including the use of bait traps, archery and dog packs. The unanimous vote by the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC) on Wednesday to approve […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will “blow up” foreign crime groups if needed, possibly in collaboration with other countries. “Now they’re gonna help us find these people and blow them up, if that’s what it takes,” Rubio said during a visit to Ecuador. He also announced the US will designate two […]
Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan targeted for engaging with ICC, state department says. The United States has added three prominent Palestinian rights groups, Al-Haq, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights to its sanctions list. The groups were added to the Department of the Treasury’s “Specially […]
Dr Adrienne D Dixson was furious as she sat in the back of a Louisiana courtroom in 2008. It was more than two years after thousands of New Orleans public school teachers had been terminated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Some of those teachers had filed a lawsuit against the Orleans parish school board […]
More than one hundred US human rights, faith-based and civil rights groups have demanded that the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, immediately secure the release of a 16-year-old dual American-Palestinian citizen who has been in an Israeli prison for six months over allegations of rock throwing. The coalition, which includes the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the […]
Despite deep cuts to the United States’ foreign aid funding, Catholic aid organizations are working to continue providing humanitarian aid to communities in need throughout the Middle East. By Laure Delacloche, CNEWA At the entrance of St. Anthony Community Health Center, some 6 miles north of Beirut, a sticker reads, “USAID – From the American People – […]
CNN — Iran’s armed proxies are ramping up pressure on key points in the Middle East as Tehran attempts to rebuild its regional influence, eroded by almost two years of a destructive Israeli military campaign. Tehran’s Houthi allies in Yemen ended months of calm in the Red Sea last week with strikes on two commercial […]