Deadly clashes in Senegal left at least nine people dead over the weekend, unrest that came after a court sentenced opposition leader and main presidential contender Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison on charges of “corrupting youth,” the Associated Press reported. Senegalese police clashed with...
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Indian rescuers ended their search for survivors over the weekend following a deadly train crash that killed almost 290 people and injured around 900 others on Friday, one of the worst railway accidents in the country’s history, NBC News reported. The incident occurred when three trains...
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Sweden will soon become “smoke free,” as the number of daily smokers in the European country continues to drop thanks to decades of anti-smoking campaigns, laws, and the prevalence of smokeless tobacco products, CBS News reported. With a population of more than 10 million, the European...
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The price of petrol in Nigerian government-run stations tripled this week just days after newly-elected President Bola Tinubu announced he would scrap fuel subsidies, a move that has sparked panic among citizens over inflation, Agence France-Presse reported. Soon after taking office Monday, Tinubu pledged to expand...
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Brazilian lawmakers approved a contentious bill this week that opponents say threatens the land rights of Indigenous communities and gut environmental protections, NPR reported. The draft law would include limits to the creation of new Indigenous reserves to lands that were only occupied by native peoples...
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A new law requiring all citizens to register their SIM cards under their legal names before July is causing an uproar in the Philippines, while tech analysts worry that the legislation is encouraging identity theft and fraud, Al Jazeera reported. Last year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr...
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North Korea failed to launch its first spy satellite, the country announced Wednesday, dealing a blow to the nuclear-armed state’s efforts to strengthen its military capabilities amid ongoing tensions with the United States and its neighbors, NBC News reported. The Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 spy...
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Sudan’s military junta suspended its participation in ceasefire talks with the country’s main paramilitary group Wednesday, a move that foreign mediators and analysts warn could exacerbate the recent conflict in the African nation, Agence France-Presse reported. Since last month, the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid...
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The Indian government fined a food inspector this week after the official ordered the draining of a dam to retrieve his smartphone, an incident that prompted anger over the abuse of power and wasting resources, the BBC reported Wednesday. Last week, the official, Rajesh Vishwas, dropped...
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Protesters and police clashed in the town of Nagu in southwestern China this week after authorities attempted to partially dismantle a 14th-century mosque in the Muslim-majority municipality, the Guardian reported. Over the weekend, Nagu officials were set to dismantle parts of the Najiaying mosque after a...
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A Salvadoran court sentenced a former president and another official to lengthy prison sentences on charges of having links with criminal groups and failure to comply with their duties, Reuters reported. Former President Mauricio Funes and his Security Minister David Munguía Payes were sentenced to 14...
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Western powers urged ethnic Serbs and Albanians to stop fighting in northern Kosovo after dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured in skirmishes with protesters this week, prompting concerns of a wider conflict in the Balkan country, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. NATO officials said 30 of...
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Polish President Andrzej Duda is set to sign a bill that will create a powerful commission aimed at investigating Russia’s influence in Poland, raising concern that the ruling Law and Justice party will use the measure against opponents ahead of parliamentary elections this year, the...
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ bill that will allow the death penalty for some same-sex relations, a move that could put the African country in jeopardy with international donors, the Wall Street Journal reported. The new law was first...
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One of Hong Kong’s largest and most prolific pro-democracy parties disbanded itself this week following China’s harsh crackdown on dissent and the arrest of its members, the BBC reported. Members of the Civic Party voted to disband the group, a move one of its founders, Albert...
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Turkish voters gave incumbent leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan another five-year term Sunday, a victory that came despite a sinking economy and a united opposition, the Washington Post reported. Erdogan won 52 percent of the vote, the election board’s chairman said, giving the president a four-point victory...
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Guatemala’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday to end the election campaign of top presidential contender Carlos Pineda, a verdict that came just a month before voting begins, Al Jazeera reported. The top court upheld a ruling from a lower court that found Pineda failed to gather signatures...
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Kosovo police and ethnic Serbs clashed in the northern town of Zvecan over the weekend, unrest that prompted condemnation from the West and Russia, and threatens to ignite ethnic tensions in the predominately Albanian country, Politico reported. The clashes began after crowds of ethnic Serbs blocked...
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Pegasus spyware was deployed against members of the Mexican president’s inner circle who are investigating alleged abuses by the military, the Washington Post reported this week. Sources and digital rights advocates said Alejandro Encinas, Mexico’s undersecretary for human rights and a close friend to President Andrés...
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South African police and United Nations investigators captured the most wanted fugitive involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a man who had eluded justice for more than 20 years, CNN reported Thursday. Authorities discovered Fulgence Kayishema in the town of Paarl in western South Africa on...
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