Oklahoma’s governor called for the resignation of four McCurtain County officials Suday for their alleged participation in a secretly recorded audio conversation where they allegedly discussed killing two reporters. One also mentioned the lynching of Black people. Governor Kevin Stitt in a released statement said: I am both appalled and disheartened to hear of the [...]
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent opposition activist in Russia, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for charges related to his criticism of the war in Ukraine, in the latest iteration of the Kremlin’s ongoing campaign to silence activists and independent media outlets critical of the invasion. The trial proceedings, which saw limited access for [...]
Several Australian MPs Sunday accused Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of misrepresenting the prevalence of sexual abuse in Alice Springs. Following the federal government’s response to rising crime rates in the Northern Territory, Dutton claimed that sexual abuse remains “rampant” in the town. Northern Territory Police Minister Kate Worden has called Dutton’s trip to Alice [...]
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Saturday announced that they are prepared to return a group of captured Egyptian soldiers who were conducting training exercises in northern Sudan. The RSF stated that they will cooperate in returning the soldiers who “surrendered without resistance” in Merowe, located between the Sudanese capital Khartoum and Sudan’s border [...]
Leaders of the two warring factions in Sudan agreed to a three-hour ceasefire on humanitarian grounds Sunday, as the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that three of its aid workers are among scores killed in the fighting. The organization announced: I am appalled and heartbroken by the tragic deaths of three WFP employees on Saturday [...]
Conflict between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF) and the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday raised concern over the aggravation of the already precarious humanitarian and economic situation in the country. The conflict, which arose over a political agreement entered into by the two groups in a bid to transition from military rule [...]
A group of human rights organizations on Saturday, wrote an open letter urging top Armenian officals to oppose a proposed law that would restrict access to internet services, thus limiting the population’s freedom of expression. The letter, addressed to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, states: Nations across Eastern Europe and [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a new federal law aimed at making it easier for authorities to track potential military conscripts amid Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which continues to deplete Russian troop numbers, in addition to untold humanitarian costs. The new law will overturn Russia’s previous military service rules, which provided: “When he [...]
At least 12 inmates were killed Friday following gang-related riots at an Ecuadorian prison. In an announcement, a Quito-based advocacy group reported that 12 were killed and three were injured in riots at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of Guayaquil. The group, the National Comprehensive Care Service for Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent [...]
French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday enacted the controversial pension reform bill that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64. The Constitutional Council of France Friday validated most of President Macron’s proposals. The council did not accept every proposal in the bill because some were not in line with the French Constitution but agreed to raise [...]
