The US is imposing sanctions against a senior UN official focused on the human rights of Palestinians, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday.

The European Court of Human Rights delivered two of four rulings against Russia in an international inquiry brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands.

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations

The anti-gentrification rallies in Mexico City mirror protests that have erupted in cities like Barcelona and Paris against skyrocketing costs, which have been blamed on overtourism, short-term home rentals,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions in a post on X, which were also levied against Cuban Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera, and Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas.

On July 9, 2025, in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held Russia

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday that Berlin was only in technical contact with representatives of the Taliban's de facto government in Afghanistan, nothing more, and would continue to monitor the human rights situation there.

Congress passed the legislation late Wednesday to provide amnesty for military members and civilians prosecuted for serious human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict between 1980 and 2000.

"If the government doesn't put its head together to push back the gangs, they will head toward Belladère and then we will be at war because the Dominicans will never accept this."