Following a combative vote last week to allow controversial U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk another four-year term, France used an official French mission account to attack the United States.

On Saturday, France ONU Genève wrote on X, “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore.”

“Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it,” and ended with the hashtag #AmericaAlone.

The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.#AmericaAlone https://t.co/GLNMsYEH9n pic.twitter.com/UTVvljTMeO

— France ONU Genève (@FranceONUGeneve) July 25, 2026

Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, hit back and suggested that France’s attack was an attempt to distract from its support for Türk.

“It is disappointing — though not surprising,” he wrote on X, “that this is how France deflects on its shameful vote to coddle some of the worst human rights abusers.”

“France voted for someone who has been lecturing free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while cozying up to the world’s worst oppressors.”

The U.S. Mission to the UN added, “The UN human rights system has been losing credibility for decades.”

“Volker Türk led it to its deathbed.”

“Today’s vote kicked the bucket.”

.@AmbUNReform: The UN human rights system has been losing credibility for decades.

Volker Türk led it to its deathbed.

Today’s vote kicked the bucket. pic.twitter.com/9yBB516mAp

— U.S. Mission to the UN (@USUN) July 24, 2026

Türk’s tenure has drawn substantial criticism, particularly regarding perceived selectivity, bias, and insufficient pressure on authoritarian regimes.

A December 2024 UN Watch report analyzed his public statements and found he condemned the United States more frequently than China, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar combined.

He was described as largely silent on systematic abuses by regimes in Cuba, North Korea, Algeria, Eritrea, Mauritania, Lebanon, and Qatar, while more readily criticizing democracies (e.g., the US, UK, Australia, Italy, France).

He issued far more statements on the Israel-Hamas war/Gaza, dozens of which condemn Israel, than on conflicts affecting larger numbers of people, such as those in Ukraine, Sudan, or Myanmar.

He is also perceived to have a softness toward certain authoritarian states, with critics arguing he has been insufficiently forceful on China with limited public criticism of Xinjiang/Uyghurs relative to the scale of documented issues,  Iran, despite some condemnations of executions,  and others.

He has faced backlash from Venezuela and was declared ‘persona non grata’ by its National Assembly after documenting abuses there.

Türk also condemned the Trump administration’s strikes against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea and demanded an immediate investigation into the recent strikes.

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A ringleader in Minnesota’s massive Feeding Our Future scandal has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to purchase a not-guilty verdict with a staggering $120,000 cash bribe.

Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, 37, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud for his role in the brazen plot to bribe a federal juror during his 2024 fraud trial, the Justice Department announced Friday.

Farah had already been sentenced to 28 years in prison for helping steal tens of millions of dollars from a taxpayer-funded program intended to feed needy children during the COVID pandemic.

But stealing from hungry children apparently was not enough.

When Farah and six co-defendants went on trial in April 2024, prosecutors said Farah and his associates researched Juror 52 online, obtained her address, surveilled her home, and tracked her movements.

On the night of June 2, 2024, a woman identified by prosecutors as Ladan Mohamed Ali arrived at the juror’s home carrying a white Hallmark gift bag stuffed with rolls of $100, $50, and $20 bills.

Inside was $120,000 in cash.

The woman reportedly handed the bag to one of the juror’s relatives and instructed the relative to tell Juror 52 to vote “not guilty” the following day. More money would follow if she helped acquit the defendants.

But Juror 52 could not be bought. She immediately called 911 and surrendered the cash to law enforcement.

The attempted payoff sent the federal courthouse into lockdown. All seven defendants were taken back into custody, their cellphones were confiscated, and the remaining jurors were sequestered.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported on the stunning bribery attempt in June 2024.

Prosecutors later revealed that Farah factory-reset his iPhone after being ordered to surrender it, attempting to destroy messages and video evidence connected to the bribe.

Five defendants were ultimately indicted in the juror-bribery conspiracy. All five eventually pleaded guilty.

Five of the seven defendants in the underlying fraud trial were also convicted of participating in a $40 million branch of the sprawling Feeding Our Future operation. Two were acquitted.

The scandal unfolded under Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz, whose Department of Education administered the federal nutrition programs exploited by the fraudsters.

A nonpartisan legislative audit later concluded that the department’s “inadequate oversight” created opportunities for fraud, failed to act on known warning signs, and failed to hold Feeding Our Future accountable. The devastating audit found that the department was woefully unprepared to confront the organization.

“Justice is not for sale,” U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen said following Farah’s sentencing.

An honest juror did what Minnesota’s bloated bureaucracy repeatedly failed to do: She recognized corruption and immediately took action.

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‘Less tourism, more life’, they demand.

Many cities all over Europe are suffering under the yoke of overtourism, with services and infrastructure stretched to the maximum, and gentrification squeezing locals out by soaring living prices.

For the last few years, anti-tourism protests have spread across the continent – and now they have started going overboard.

Take Palma de Mallorca, for example: the classic Mediterranean destination descended into chaos as Spanish riot police clashed with protesters as the third summer of demonstrations turned violent.

Residents of Spanish island Mallorca are protesting the overtourism of their home on 26 Sunday July. Menys Turisme, Mes Vida (Less Tourism, More Life) organized the demonstration to fight back against how mass tourism is currently impacting the cost of living for locals. pic.twitter.com/syf2Ug0tSB

— The Independent (@Independent) July 26, 2026

Mallorca’s streets were filled with protesters on July 26 as residents marched to protest mass tourism, which they say is harming the Spanish island’s culture and environment pic.twitter.com/c4PwVtWJNy

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 27, 2026

Daily Mail reported:

“More than 25,000 people are said to have flooded the streets of Mallorca’s capital, Palma, to fight against holidaymakers who flock to the island over the summer.

Protesters who claimed the holiday hotspot had ‘reached its limit’ fought with officers. One clip saw a protester being whacked with a baton, before another jumped at a police officer. Angry protesters were seen leaping over barriers. Police were seen hitting several people in response.”

Watch: police and protesters clash.

La manifestación contra la masificación turística en Mallorca ha culminado con momentos de tensión. La Policía ha arremetido contra manifestantes con la porra. Hay al menos un herido https://t.co/BJMZuegRG3 pic.twitter.com/UHNxePEszl

— elDiario.es (@eldiarioes) July 26, 2026

Rioters threw bottles at the police, and rubber bullets were shot into the crowd to disperse them.

Watch: baton charges and rubber bullets fired.

Cargas y heridos en la manifestación “Mallorca al límite”

70.000 personas participaron este domingo, entre porrazos y disparos de goma, en la manifestación contra la saturación turística, organizada por más de 150 organizaciones.

https://t.co/OUqPX1zOnj pic.twitter.com/QPdbxJKmcc

— Diario Socialista (@DSocialista_) July 27, 2026

“Demonstrators held signs with slogans including ‘tourists go home’, ‘tourism = destruction’, ‘save Majorca’ and ‘less tourism, more life’. One banner showed a picture of a gun with text reading: ‘Forced to live in struggle.’

They were pushing for an end to mass tourism on the island, claiming that the influx of visitors has made their lives worse.”

Read more from 2025:

WAR ON ‘OVER-TOURISM’: Coalition of European Activists Calls for a Day of Protests on June 15th – ‘Southern Europe Network Against Touristification’ Wants to ‘Save Their Communities’

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