Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced on Tuesday that Cambodia will initiate a “compulsory conciliation” with Thailand over a maritime boundary dispute under the mediation of the UN. At issue is the so-called Overlapping Claims Area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand. The area is believed to be rich in natural gas. The UN Convention [...]

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel’s treatment of detained flotilla activists is “appalling” and “unacceptable” during a call between the two on Monday. This marks the latest in a wave of backlash after Israel’s Minister of Public Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of himself taunting bound and kneeling [...]

The Federal Court of Australia fined X (formerly Twitter) aooroximately $465,000 USD in a decision on Thursday. The fine stems from the company’s failure to disclose information to Australia’s online safety watchdog regarding the steps it had taken to prevent child exploitation on the site. X has also been ordered to pay the $71,000 court [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Philippines to apprehend Senator Ronald dela Rosa, expressing deep concern over reports that he fled the Senate building to evade an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Amnesty International Philippines executive director Ritz Lee Santos III stated: “We are deeply alarmed at the obstruction of justice and chaotic [...]

Amnesty International released a report on Monday outlining the rising level of online hate speech towards women, visible minorities and the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Canada. The report details the increase of xenophobia, misogyny and racism in Canada. It also explains how these factors intersect with one another to create a “virulent cocktail” of hate mongering [...]

A panel of UN experts on Monday unsuccessfully pleaded with the European Union to immediately suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement at the EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg held on Tuesday. A motion to suspend the agreement was supported by Spain, Slovenia and Ireland. However, Germany and Italy blocked the bid. Ireland and Spain had [...]

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Denise Brown, warned on Sunday that the African country is being “abandoned.” The global rollback of humanitarian assistance, as well as the proliferation of armed conflict and climate disasters, has squeezed humanitarian organizations to the brink, and the global response to Sudan has been especially inadequate. So far, the [...]

A Los Angeles jury found Wednesday that Meta and Youtube are liable for negligence in having knowingly designed addictive and harmful products. The platforms were found to have deliberately targeted children, which led to significant harm against the plaintiff. The judge awarded $3 million in damages for the plaintiff, and additional punitive damages to be [...]

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity, and the largest disruption in the global economy and humanitarian efforts since the COVID-19 pandemic. WFP deputy executive director and chief operating officer Carl Skau said: “If this conflict continues, it [...]

Vietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into effect on Sunday, marking the first framework of its kind in Southeast Asia. The new law’s content largely mirrors the European Union’s AI Act, which seeks to ensure accountability, transparency, and safety in light of challenges that follow AI use, including copyright infringement, misinformation, and deepfakes. It [...]