The European Union has frozen $1.7 billion in aid earmarked for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill that weakens the independence of the country’s top anti-corruption agencies. The withheld amount represents over a third of the funding set aside by the Union under its Ukraine Facility fund, which was launched last year to […]
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Image credits: AP) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday confirmed that Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear site caused internal radiological and chemical contamination. However, radiation levels outside the facility remain normal and do not pose a threat to the public or environment, […]
An assortment of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at stopping the Department of Homeland Security from permanently shuttering its internal oversight divisions after the Trump administration fired critical staff members, grinding operations to a halt. The lawsuit was filed in New York and brought by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, along with […]
