The UK government on Tuesday revealed new flagship policing measures to be introduced in parliament, aimed at addressing anti-social crimes and street crimes, in what it deems as the “biggest legislative update to policing in decades.” The new Crime and Policing Bill is part of a broader government initiative to address community safety. The government [...]

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution Tuesday affirming that national elections cannot take place while the country remains under martial law, directly countering remarks by US President Donald Trump questioning the legitimacy of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration. Additionally, the resolution formally extends Zelenskyy’s mandate until martial law is lifted. The resolution, which reiterates Zelenskyy’s continued [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Sudanese armed groups intentionally targeted civilians in attacks on January 10 in an investigative report on Wednesday, calling on the government to hold groups accountable. HRW said that the attacks constitute war crimes, and potentially crimes against humanity. HRW reports that the attack was part of a broader series [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Google’s decision to deny developer Enel’s JuicePass app access to Android Auto’s platform was an abuse of market power. Initially launched in 2018 by Italian parent company Enel, JuicePass enables drivers to find and reserve electric vehicle charging stations worldwide. The EU court’s press [...]

The son of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu jailed for espionage called for his father’s release on Monday at a National Press Club event where he denounced his father’s conviction as the Chinese government’s crackdown on press freedom. Dong Yuyu’s son, Dong Yifu, has called on Japanese authorities in Washington to assist, emphasizing that his father [...]

Amnesty International and several civil society organizations jointly released a petition on Monday addressed to the National Assembly of Kenya, urging the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations to acknowledge and end abductions and renditions in Kenya. Petitioners recalled that in November 2024, prominent Ugandan opposition figure and former presidential candidate for the [...]

The Council of the European Union (EU) released on Monday another package imposing sanctions on individuals and entities accused of enabling Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine, marking the 16th sanction package since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The updated sanction package now lists an additional 48 individuals and 35 new entities, raising the [...]

The European Parliament’s Türkiye rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, expressed concern on Monday that persistent human rights violations and regression on democratic standards in Türkiye are receiving diminished criticism from the European Union (EU) due to Ankara’s perceived shift away from its candidacy for EU membership. Amor highlighted the EU’s waning focus on Türkiye’s accession process, [...]

US District Judge Trever McFadden on Monday denied a motion by the Associated Press (AP) for a temporary restraining order, finding that AP has not demonstrated irreparable harm that warrants the order. In an emergency hearing, AP requested that the government immediately cease its retaliatory actions against the outlet. AP is still permitted on White [...]

The US District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing Monday on whether the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) should have access to data housed within the Bureau of Fiscal Service US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had given DOGE access to data pertaining to the millions of people who make transactions with the [...]