A 16-year-old was charged with terrorism on Thursday over a stabbing that took place on Monday at a church in Sydney, Australia. The boy, who was known to the police entered the Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley during a live-streamed event and attacked the bishop and several worshipers. According to police, religious extremism [...]

The EU Parliament approved legislation on Wednesday regarding the rights and treatment of migrants and asylum seekers within the bloc. The legislation furthers the Migration and Asylum Pact, which seeks to expand the current rights that these groups have while solidifying the procedure around their treatment across the EU. The legislation includes a broad range [...]

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) released a statement detailing the arrest of three additional men, who the FSB claim were responsible for the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia on March 22. Over a dozen others have already been arrested in connection with the attack, which resulted in the death [...]

The Inspector General of Intelligence Services in New Zealand, Brendan Horsley, revealed on Thursday that a foreign intelligence agency has been operating inside the Government Communications and Security Bureau (GCSB). Since 2013, the foreign agency has used the GCSB’s ability to host signals to “support action against military targets,” according to the report. The report [...]

The Czech Republic’s upper house passed a new law to increase gun control within the nation months following an increase in gun violence, including the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history where a lone gunman killed 22 people at Charles University in Prague in December 2023. Debate on this legislation was already underway before [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Thursday detailing an increase in countries sanctioning human rights abuses outside their borders. Normally this would take the form of a former citizen of the nation who had either been exiled or forced to flee being harassed or worse by their nation of origin. These breaches have occurred [...]

The Australian government announced on Thursday that it will introduce a new bill to help strengthen witness protection when dealing with sexual abuse cases. The bill would see greater protection provided to both survivors of sexual abuse and witnesses by increasing the powers of Australia’s witnesses protection program. It will also expand the list of [...]

The head of the UN Drug and Crime Office (UNODC) Ghada Waly, briefed the UN Security Council Thursday raising concerns about increasing gang violence in Haiti leading to increasing violence across the Caribbean. Waly told the Security Council that there has been a marked uptick in gang violence in Haiti, spurred on by arms trade [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urged Comoros authorities on Wednesday to ensure the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly as Comoros witnessed protests against Sunday’s presidential election. After the incumbent president Azali Assoumani won a fourth term, Comoros’s main opposition party, Juwa, called on people to protest and for [...]

The Australian E-safety Commission reported on Thursday that X Corp, formally Twitter, has laid off over 30 percent of its trust and safety staff.  The organisation tasked with overseeing the internet safety of people in Australia reported that under new owner Elon Musk’s efforts to cut costs at the company, a significant amount of staff [...]