Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday that the Government and the Referendum Working Group (RWG) have agreed on the wording of the question that will form the basis of a referendum later this year. The question Australians will be asked to answer is “A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples [...]
The Australian Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) Monday stated that a member of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had been arrested and charged for war crimes committed in Afghanistan. The man was not identified by the joint media release, however, he was later identified as Oliver Schulz by the ABC [...]
The Lithuanian Parliament Seimas Tuesday unanimously voted in favour of a resolution declaring the Wagner Group a terrorist organisation. The resolution stated that the group poses a threat to both the Lithuanian state and societal security. The group is accused of engaging in actions equivalent to terrorism as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [...]

The Israeli Special Committee on Amendments to Basic Law Monday approved a first reading of a bill that would only allow the Prime Minister to be declared incompetent on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity. The vote passed by a majority of 9–6. The authority to make a declaration of incompetence would lie with [...]

The Philippines House of Representatives announced Monday that a resolution calling for a constitutional convention was passed by a majority of 301-6. Resolution of Both Houses No.6 provides for a constitutional convention where both appointed members and members elected by public polls will explore amendments to select economic provisions of the constitution. Speaker Ferdinand Romualdez, [...]
Chairman of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark Warner (D-VA) Sunday announced plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would allow foreign technologies entering America to be banned. Warner’s announcement has generated attention since it explicitly mentions that the popular app TikTok could be subject to the ban. In an interview with Fox [...]
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that a further four men, three Americans and one Colombian US permanent resident, have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The four men were later indicted by a Florida grand jury, along with seven others who had already been arrested, [...]

Secretary Jesus Remulla of the Philippines Department of Justice held a press conference Saturday regarding the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to authorize an investigation into the deaths of civilians during the government’s “war on drugs.” Remulla stated he did not understand why the ICC “insist on entering the Philippines’ considering they have [...]

Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Monday released statistics showing the number of deaths and arrests of anti-government protestors in Iran protestors since September 2022. 522 protestors, including 70 children, have been killed. Authorities have arrested 19,400 people. 168 are children and 110 of those arrested are “under impending threat” of a death sentence. Four [...]
The US Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that it and the Turkish government have identified and frozen the assets of a “key financial facilitation network” based in Mersin, Turkey. The asset freeze targeted four individuals and two entities in Turkey that were accused of assisting ISIS with transferring funds between Iraq and Syria. The [...]