A U.N. human rights investigator, like other experts, concluded that the Trump administration’s deadly attacks violate international law, and said the strikes could be crimes against humanity.
BBC News – World Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the s…
A UN special rapporteur has found reasonable grounds to believe that US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea since September 2025 constituted crimes against humanity, concluding the attacks were not acts of self-defence.
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Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the s…
NYTimes – World BBC News – World A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
BBC News – Science & Environment Hurricane Isaias, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2026, has made landfall near Destin, Florida, on the northern Gulf Coast.
NYTimes – US The Trump administration announced new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, accusing it of unfairly targeting Americans with war-crime charges and seeking to stem resources to the tribunal. The move came hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a former ICC judge. The European Union said it was ready to take measures to enable the court to continue its work.
BBC News – World The U.S. military plans to livestream the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the event will be public, and legal experts say Hasan faces a narrow, rushed path to challenge it in federal courts. Rights groups and experts have raised concerns that broadcasting the execution could endanger minors, who are usually barred from witnessing executions. Social media platforms may also face decisions about whether to allow the livestream on their services.
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