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Yemen is at risk of returning to full-scale war and the international community has a common interest and responsibility to stop this from happening, UN Special Envoy for the country Hans Grundberg warned the Security Council in July. For nearly a decade, Yemen has been gripped by one of the most severe humanitarian crises in [...]

The first investigative judge in Beirut, Lebanon, ruled on Monday that the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank (BDL), Riad Salameh, will remain in detention as investigations into corruption charges continue, local media reported. The judge issued an arrest warrant against Riad Salameh after his interrogation session concluded. Riad Salameh was the head of Lebanon’s [...]

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) released a report Monday assessing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following a June 2023 Supreme Court ruling that banned race-conscious college admissions and heightened scrutiny of workplace diversity efforts nationwide. DEI efforts proliferated across the US after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man [...]

Hungary on Friday confirmed its intention to send migrants to Brussels in protest of European Union (EU) rules on accepting asylum seekers. Rétvári Bence, Hungary’s deputy minister of interior, held a press conference flanked by buses to affirm the country’s plan to provide free fare for migrants on the bus route to the EU’s capital. [...]

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned a law recently passed by the Indian state of West Bengal, the Aprajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, which introduces the death penalty for rape cases that result in the victim’s death or leave them in a vegetative state. The bill, passed unanimously by the [...]

For the past few weeks, Nigeria has been rocked by protests over a cost-of-living crisis. The organised protests built off the momentum of anti-corruption protests in Uganda and demonstrations in Kenya against increased tax on essential goods. Like its predecessors, the protests in Nigeria have been characterised by violence, destruction of property, and allegations of [...]

The trial of four American socialist activists began this week in Florida in a case that echoes the ideological tensions of the Cold War era. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused these individuals of instigating social unrest in the US at the behest of the Kremlin. This case pits allegations of Russian misinformation against [...]

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s interior minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango announced on Tuesday that 129 people were killed in an attempt to escape Makala Central Prison. Tenty-four people were killed by gunfire after allegedly failing to heed warnings; the remaining deceased reportedly died by crushing or suffocation. Fifty-nine others were also injured during the [...]

Hungary on Tuesday missed the first deadline to pay a €200 million European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine imposed in the case Commission v. Hungary in 2020. The fine was levied by the ECJ over Hungary’s failure to comply with EU asylum regulations. In response to the missed deadline, the European Commission issued a second [...]

US climate rights watchdog Climate Rights International said in a report on Monday that the Kingfisher oil project along Lake Albert in Uganda fuels widespread human rights violations of the local population. The report stated that in addition to environmental damage that threatens their livelihoods, locals are subjected to forced evictions and disappearances, labor rights violations [...]