An Indonesian court sentenced former Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman to seven years in prison and two lashes of the whip after being found guilty of abetting in criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of funds and money laundering, according to a Thursday article from state news agency Bernama. The charges [...]

An expert with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) described on Tuesday the worsening situation in Sudan as a “significant humanitarian crisis.” Director of the External Relations Department for the UNHCR Dominique Hyde explained in a press briefing how the ongoing conflict has resulted in increased violence and significant distress among the country’s population. Hyde expressed [...]

Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned Tuesday due to an ongoing inquiry into alleged corruption. Upon announcing his decision, Costa said that the dignity of the tasks of a prime minister is not compatible with any suspicion regarding integrity, good behavior, or criminal activity. The investigation surrounding Costa is looking into alleged misuses of funds, [...]

Indonesia’s counter-terrorism unit, Detachment 88, has arrested 59 suspected militants in connection to a purported plan to disrupt the democratic process, the unit spokesperson announced on Tuesday. The spokesperson revealed that the detained individuals had intentions to carry out attacks targeting security forces responsible for safeguarding the election proceedings. Weapons, propaganda materials and chemicals used [...]

The Tokyo High Court ordered on Monday a fresh examination of the lawsuit concerning the “Paradise on Earth” repatriation program, which saw the migration of ethnic Koreans and Japanese to North Korea in the second half of the twentieth century. The case revolves around individuals who managed to come back to Japan from North Korea, [...]

Police in Paris, France shot and seriously wounded an unarmed woman Tuesday after commuters reported that she was making threats at a train station and shouting Jihadist slogans. Olivier Veran, a spokesperson for the French government said in a statement that police pulled the woman aside, and asked her to calm down and show her [...]

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) presented the court’s annual report to the UN General Assembly Monday. The address took place 25 years after the original signing of the Rome Statute and outlined one of the court’s “most active periods since its establishment.” ICC president Judge Piotr Hofmański summarised the evolution of the [...]

The United Nations General Assembly called the tenth Emergency Special Session on Friday to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce.” This is the UN’s first formal response to the conflict after the Security Council failed on four occasions to reach a consensus. This resolution, [...]

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on Wednesday published a survey showing a significant increase in racial discrimination racism towards first- and second-generation Black immigrants across 13 European Union countries, with Austria, Germany and Finland topping the list for the highest rates of discrimination and harassment. The survey, titled “Being Black in the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that the Italian government breached its human rights obligations by failing to address a garbage and pollution problem linked to increased mortality and cancer rates in Italy’s Campania region. The case was brought by 19 Italians who alleged that the government breached its human rights obligations by [...]