The European Union’s second-highest court strengthened air passengers’ rights in the event of flight delays in a ruling released Wednesday, clarifying when travelers are entitled to financial compensation under EU law. In its judgment, the General Court of the EU concluded: The autonomous decision of the operating air carrier to wait for the passengers of [...]

A Japanese citizen has been arrested and detained in Tehran, leading to formal demands from Japan for their immediate release, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki said  on Wednesday. While the Japanese government has not identified the individual, reports indicate that the detainee is Shinnosuke Kawashima, Tehran bureau chief of NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster. Ozaki [...]

President Bernardo Arévalo ended the nationwide state of siege in Guatemala on Monday, while maintaining joint military and police operations to combat organized crime and gangs. The move comes days before expiration of a 30-day emergency period imposed in response to deadly prison riots and attacks that left 11 National Civil Police officers dead. In [...]

Amnesty International on Monday urged Malian authorities to overturn the conviction of former Prime Minister Moussa Mara and secure his release. The organization asserted that the prosecution is unfounded, unjust, and indicative of a broader effort to silence government critics. Amnesty International further stated that this case exemplifies a pattern in which state authorities use [...]

Ethiopia’s federal government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time that troops from neighboring Eritrea took part in the war in the Tigray region, which formally ended in 2022. The government said Eritrean forces were responsible for mass killings, destroying homes, and looting factories. The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s acknowledgment marks a major change [...]

The European Union (EU) has designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization following a violent crackdown on protesters that killed thousands in recent weeks. The designation was adopted by EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday, and places the IRGC under the bloc’s terrorism framework. EU officials framed the designation [...]

A Dutch criminal court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 20 years in prison for heading one of the Netherlands’ largest and most violent migrant-smuggling operations. The defendant was ordered to pay over €30,000 in compensation to the victims. The proceedings spanned multiple hearings from November 2025 to January 2026. Authorities stated the network primarily [...]

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday after a Seoul court found him guilty of rebellion for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in December 2024. The sentence exceeded the 15 years sought by the special counsel and marked the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday reported that Vietnam has intensified arrests of perceived government critics in the weeks leading up to the 14th Communist Party Congress, set to open on January 19.  “It’s that time again for escalating arrests and jailing prominent critics ahead of Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress. Not only does the government [...]

The UN Committee against Torture found Wednesday that Australia violated the Convention against Torture by exposing an Iranian asylum seeker to torture and cruel treatment through offshore transfer and prolonged immigration detention. The decision concerns an asylum seeker known as Mr A, who fled Iran in 2013, fearing persecution, and arrived in Australia by boat [...]