Columbia University announced that it will pay a settlement of $200 million over three years to the federal government to restore its access to grants cancelled during federal investigations into antisemitism on campus, in a statement released on Wednesday. The university will also pay $21 million to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The [...]

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries to pursue peace and uphold international law at a meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday. The secretary-general expressed significant concern about disregard for and violation of international law globally, citing conflict “from Gaza to Ukraine, from the Sahel to Sudan, Haiti and Myanmar, and many other parts [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called for the Indian government to institute “transparency and due process” when imposing social media restrictions, following numerous international news organizations reporting that their X accounts had been blocked in India due to a “legal demand” from the evening of July 5 to July 7. CPJ’s representative [...]

A coalition of human rights groups raised concerns on Thursday over FIFA’s decision to cancel “anti-racism and anti-discrimination messaging” in the lead-up to the 2026 Men’s World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico. The statement followed a report by the New York Times‘ The Athletic blog revealing that FIFA has not displayed anti-racist or [...]

Civilians in Sumy City, Ukraine, are being killed and injured by “increased unlawful attacks” from Russia involving Grad rockets, Amnesty International reported on Tuesday. Amnesty International called for any attacks using Grad rockets to be “investigated as war crimes” due to their inaccurate nature. Russia struck Sumy City on June 3, killing “at least seven [...]

A UN special rapporteur raised concerns on Thursday over the negative effects of political interference on higher education within the US. The expert’s statement emphasized the threat to “academic freedom, student rights, and democratic integrity,” and highlighted the banning of international students from enrollment at Harvard University as an example of this “wider trend.” Farida [...]

Former French prime minister François Fillon received a suspended sentence of four years in prison on Tuesday for the embezzlement of public funds, according to local media. The appeals court further ordered him to pay a fine of 375,000 euros and ruled him ineligible to run for public office for the next five years. Fillon [...]

A federal judge in California issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on Thursday to prevent further terminations of the legal statuses of international students living and working across the US. Judge Jeffrey S. White of the US District Court of the Northern District of California stated that President Donald Trump’s administration acted “arbitrarily and capriciously” and [...]

UN special rapporteurs voiced concern on Wednesday over the scale of trafficking and human rights abuses related to “scam compounds” in Southeast Asia. They called for urgent international action to “protect victims and step up prevention efforts.” The joint statement stressed the severity of the current situation, stating that it “has reached the level of [...]

A US federal judge ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump had “no constitutional authority” to fire staff and terminate programmatic activities at the US Institute of Peace (USIP) (United States Inst. of Peace v. Jackson). In her opinion, Judge Howell stated that the Administration violated §4605(f) of the USIP Act—the “for-cause removal” provision—when it [...]