WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released from a British prison and appeared before a court in the Northern Mariana Islands to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge as part of a US Justice Department plea deal, ending a prolonged legal battle over his publication of...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) this week issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Associated Press reported. On Tuesday, the Netherlands-based tribunal accused former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu...
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Israel’s supreme court ruled Tuesday that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are not exempt from being drafted into military service, a decision that threatens the stability of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, the Guardian reported. In a unanimous ruling,...
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Unknown gunmen attacked places of worship and a police station in Russia’s restive Dagestan region this week, killing 19 people in an assault that underscored the country’s security vulnerabilities as it continues its war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. Russian authorities said the coordinated...
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The Australian government agreed Monday to water down a bill that would make the country the first in the world to ban the sale of e-cigarettes outside of pharmacies, as authorities seek to curb the rising number of youths vaping, Reuters reported. The governing center-left Labor...
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European Union prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation against a former president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) over allegations of corruption, a case observers described as the most high-profile by the bloc’s prosecutor’s office, the Financial Times reported. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) announced...
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Shootings at the presidential palace and the national broadcaster’s headquarters in the capital, Ouagadougou, are intensifying concerns about a potential mutiny in Burkina Faso amid a deteriorating security situation nearly two years after a military coup, Al Jazeera reported. These incidents reflect mounting challenges to junta...
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Protests erupted across India this week over allegations of widespread corruption involving the country’s national medical entrance exam, a scandal that has prompted calls for accountability on the issue of youth unemployment, the South China Morning Post reported. Allegations of cheating and test leaks arose after...
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The United Kingdom’s top court ruled this week that the impact on the climate from fossil fuels must now be considered when approving new drilling sites projects, a landmark verdict that deals a blow to the oil and gas industry in the country, Euronews reported. The...
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Argentina declassified a confidential intelligence report from 2003 this week that provided new insights into Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, MercoPress reported. Released Wednesday, the report detailed the roles of key figures, including then-Iranian cultural attaché Moshen...
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The European Union will impose sanctions on Russia’s lucrative gas sector for the first time since the Ukraine war started more than two years ago, a move expected to drain hundreds of millions from Moscow’s war chest, Politico reported Thursday. The bloc announced the decision following...
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China’s government has been renaming villages inhabited by ethnic Uyghurs in the northwestern province of Xinjiang with names reflecting the ruling Communist Party’s ideology, a move human rights groups say underscores Beijing’s ongoing efforts to weaken its minorities’ identities, Nikkei Asia reported this week. On Wednesday,...
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Police in New Caledonia arrested pro-independence leader Christian Tein and 10 others Wednesday over their role in the deadly riots that swept the overseas French territory last month, unrest that came as Paris sought to impose voting reforms critics said would negatively impact the archipelago’s...
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Italy’s upper house of parliament approved a proposed constitutional overhaul this week that would allow the prime minister to be directly elected, an ambitious reform measure that has prompted fears of authoritarianism and further chaos in Italian politics, Reuters reported. Dubbed “the mother of all reforms”...
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The Kenyan government this week scrapped a series of tax proposals, including a 16 percent value-added tax on bread, that had sparked rage and protests in the East African nation as it seeks to shore up its finances and eliminate its national debt, the BBC...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, as the two countries attempt to deepen relations amid sanctions and escalating confrontations with the West, the Associated Press reported. Wednesday’s visit...
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Thailand’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that will legalize same-sex marriage in the Southeast Asian nation, making it the third country in Asia to do so, CNN reported. A majority of lawmakers voted in favor of a marriage equality bill that will...
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Colombia’s lower house of congress approved a pension reform plan proposed by President Gustavo Petro, handing a victory to the leftist leader who has faced fierce opposition from lawmakers over his flagship policies, Reuters reported. Legislators voted in favor of the bill on June 14 after...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his war cabinet Monday following the resignation of its two centrist members, leaving the embattled leader even more vulnerable to the increasing internal and international pressure to stop the war, the Washington Post reported. The war cabinet was originally established...
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An Indian national accused of involvement in a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the US appeared before a New York court Monday, in a case that has the Indian government being accused by Western Allies of ordering the assassination of Sikh separatist figures...
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