The Bank of Russia filed a claim on Tuesday at the EU General Court, challenging the December 2025 regulation to freeze its assets until the requests of the European Union are met and generated interests are redirected to Ukraine. The bank argued that the EU regulation is incompatible with rule of law and the principle [...]

France’s former culture minister resigned from his leading role at a French cultural institute, Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), after the US Department of Justice’s recent “Epstein files” release revealed financial links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, prompting a tax investigation. Jack Lang, who served as cultural minister in under president François Mitterrand, is accused [...]

Peru’s interim President José Jerí on Wednesday offered inconsistent explanations over unregistered meetings with two Chinese business owners who are subject to ongoing legal investigations. According to media reports, the meetings include an unregistered encounter with businessman Zhihua Yang in late December 2025 and in early January 2026, which took place at a “chifa” restaurant, [...]

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 [...]

Twenty-four volunteers of the humanitarian NGO Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI) were acquitted this Thursday after facing criminal charges for more than seven years, following their arrest during search and rescue operations on the Greek island of Lesvos in August 2018. The court, presided over by Judge Vassilis Papathanassiou, stated: “Waiting to rescue a human [...]

The Palestinian ambassador to the UK raised his nation’s flag over the new Palestinian embassy in London on Monday, following the UK’s recognition of Palestinian statehood. During the ceremony in Hammersmith, Ambassador Husam Zomlot presented the official signage for the diplomatic office, finalizing a political shift in the UK that began last year alongside Canada [...]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday condemned the pending $11.1 billion US arms sale to Taiwan, characterizing the deal as a violation of the “One China” principle and a dangerous signal to “separatist forces.” The statement was made on the closing day of the operation “Justice Mission 2025,” a large-scale military exercise conducted by [...]