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October 03, 2023

The Terror Within

Turkish authorities arrested scores of individuals suspected of having connections to the Kurdish militant organization responsible for Sunday’s suicide bombing attack on a government facility in the capital Ankara, the Financial Times reported. Two suicide bombers attacked the country’s interior ministry, with one attacker blowing himself...

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October 03, 2023

Brace, Brace

The pro-Russian party, Direction – Slovak Social Democracy (SMER-SSD, or Smer), won Slovakia’s parliamentary elections over the weekend, a victory that could pose a challenge to NATO and European Union unity over Ukraine, CNN reported. Results showed that the populist left-wing party led the polls with...

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October 02, 2023

Changing Course

Pro-Beijing opposition candidate Mohamed Muiz won the Maldives’ presidential runoff Saturday, following an election that observers described as a referendum on whether the country will foster closer ties with China or India, Reuters reported. Official results showed Muiz of the People’s National Congress secured more than...

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October 02, 2023

Coming to a Boil

France’s top administrative court heard a landmark case brought by human rights advocates accusing the police of failing to address widespread racial profiling during identity checks, a case that many plaintiffs hope will instigate reform within the country’s police force, Radio France Internationale reported. Friday’s hearing...

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September 29, 2023

Those Left Behind

Thousands of Indigenous people protested in the Colombian capital Bogota this week to voice their concerns over the ongoing wave of violence that has disproportionately affected their communities across the country, Al Jazeera reported. Members of the so-called “Minga” – a collective movement of Indigenous people...

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September 28, 2023

In and Out

North Korea expelled American soldier Travis King, who crossed into the country two months ago complaining of ill-treatment while in the US Army, CBS News reported. State-controlled media said King confessed to illegally entering the country through neighboring South Korea on July 18. On early Thursday...

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September 28, 2023

Dangerous Threads

China’s rubber-stamp parliament unveiled a new bill this month that would ban clothing considered offensive to the Chinese people, a move critics say underscores the government’s increasing restrictions on personal freedom and expression, the Washington Post reported. The National People’s Congress published a draft that would...

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September 27, 2023

Stepping Up

Kenya and the United States signed a defense agreement this week that will see the African nation receive resources and support for security deployments as it prepares to lead a multinational mission to violence-torn Haiti, Al Jazeera reported. The defense pact follows a meeting between US...

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September 27, 2023

The Purge

Human rights groups are accusing the Zimbabwean authorities of launching a crackdown against opposition politicians and their supporters shortly after the country’s general elections that many critics say were stolen by the incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Following last...

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September 26, 2023

Boiling Point

Kosovar police and ethnic Serb gunmen clashed in Kosovo’s restive northern region this week, a deadly skirmish that killed at least four people and is likely to stir up tensions between Pristina and neighboring Serbia, Reuters reported Monday. On Sunday, gunmen attacked the village of Banjska,...

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