US President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said on Thursday that the administration has agreed to end the immigration enforcement crackdown in Minnesota. Homan held a news conference in Minneapolis where he stated: “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude… A significant drawdown has already been underway this [...]

The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced former interior and safety minister Lee Sang-min to seven years in prison for his participation in the insurrection connected to former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024. The Seoul Central District Court convicted Lee of playing a key role in [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Hungarian government on Thursday for using emergency powers to shut down court cases challenging a municipal tax, describing the move as a “dangerous precedent” that undermines separation of executive and judicial powers. HRW stated in a press release that the government’s actions are a “severe blow to the rule [...]

The attorney of Marimar Martinez, shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents multiple times in Chicago in October, argued Wednesday that released evidence shows that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lied about information tied to investigations. Attorney Christopher Parente detailed instances in which he said DHS lied about circumstances of the shooting [...]

On Tuesday, a US federal grand jury in Washington DC decided not to indict six Democratic lawmakers on charges related to a video released in November in which lawmakers informed US service personnel of their right and obligation to disobey unlawful orders. “Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the [...]

I feel lost, as if I have misplaced myself somewhere between silence and clamor. The world withdrew the moment the internet was cut off, not merely into disconnection but into a condition of being unwitnessed. What disappeared was not information, but circulation, visibility, and political presence. In that imposed solitude, an old question returned with [...]

The United Nations on Wednesday cautioned that the escalating aerial attacks in Sudan are killing children, striking UN facilities, and damaging schools. Two children were killed and 13 were injured in a drone strike on a mosque in Al-Rahad, North Kordofan state, where all the victims were students at the adjoining school. UN Spokesperson Stéphane [...]

Local media reported popular demonstrations in Thailand on Wednesday, with protesters demanding the resignation of members of the Election Commission and a vote recount for the general election held on February 8. A group of 100 demonstrators, led by the groups United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration, gathered at the office of the Election Commission in [...]

Amnesty International released a statement Wednesday announcing that they are a part of an appeal to Slovenia’s Constitutional Court seeking to end “punitive seizures” of social assistance disproportionately affecting the Roma community. The case was filed by the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy, a coalition of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The case responds [...]