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Uganda police on Sunday denied reports that the country’s main opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, had been arrested following last Thursday’s election, in which President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, won his seventh term. Opposition officials from the National Unity Platform (NUP) said security forces, including a helicopter, were deployed near Wine’s [...]

The Taiwan Ciaotou District Court on Saturday ordered the incommunicado detention of a journalist. The District Prosecutors Office accused the journalist of bribing army officers to obtain military information, in violation of the island’s National Security Act, Anti-Corruption Act, and criminal provisions regarding the disclosure of confidential information. In a press statement, the District Prosecutors [...]

Libya’s Attorney General’s Office on Friday announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 21 individuals. A prosecutor at the Benghazi Attorney General’s Office charged an individual identified by the initials (MFH) with human trafficking in connection with the discovery. A joint investigation by the Internal Security Agency and Battalion 166 led [...]

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was charged on Wednesday for allegedly offering bribes to members of the Ukrainian parliament. On Tuesday, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) accused an unnamed political leader of bribery. Later that day, NABU and SAPO conducted searches at the offices of [...]

The Ghana Coalition of Unpaid Teachers, made up of College of Education and university graduates, on Monday issued an ultimatum to the government, threatening mass protests and legal action over unpaid salary arrears spanning between 12 and 15 months. The coalition, which represents over 1,000 educators, is also demanding the collection of staff identification numbers, [...]

An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Friday sentenced seven people for incitement of violence and spread of hatred against state institutions during the May 2023 riots. Those convicted include YouTuber Adil Raja, journalists Wajahat Saeed Khan, Sabir Shakir and Shaheen Sehbai, anchorperson Haider Raza Mehdi, analyst Moeed Pirzada, and former army official Akbar Hussain. All [...]

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te vowed on Thursday to defend the island’s sovereignty, just days after Beijing concluded the “Justice Mission 2025” military drills near Taiwan. President Lai pledged in his New Year’s address to firmly safeguard national sovereignty, strengthen national defense and the resilience of the whole society, and comprehensively construct an effective deterrence and democratic [...]

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Sunday that the agency will send a large number of investigators and resources to Minnesota to continue investigating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that is said to have involved theft of federal food aid from children during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Patel, the investigation has so far …exposed sham [...]

Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed a new ceasefire agreement, ending weeks of military conflict over disputed territories. Thai Defense Minister General Natthaphon Narkphanit and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Tea Seiha signed the joint agreement at the third special meeting of the General Boundary Committee (GBC), reaffirming a previous ceasefire in July and outlining 16 [...]

The state of judicial independence in Romania has come into the spotlight following one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history and two weeks of mass protests in Bucharest calling for judicial reform, with tens of thousands taking to the streets. Why are Romanians taking to the streets? The demonstrations were sparked by [...]