Niger’s military leader announced on Monday that it had suspended all cooperation with the International Organization of Francophone Nations (OIF) to sever ties with former colonial ruler France. The OIF is an institution among French-speaking countries with the aim to promote political, educational, economic and cultural cooperation, which currently has 88 members. In the press [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mali announced it is recalling its ambassador in Algiers “for consultation with immediate effect” in a statement after Algerian officials criticized the recent escalating violence in Mali, fuelling tensions between both countries. The decision came after the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, summoned the ambassador of Mali [...]

The Ukrainian Kyiv Court of Appeal overturned the acquittal verdict of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv regarding a former policeman of the Berkut Military Police, sentencing him to six years in prison. The appellate court found that the officer deliberately caused severe physical pain and physical and moral suffering to two Revolution of Dignity [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ruling that there are no reasonable grounds, with currently available evidence, for believing that Khan wrongfully communicated confidential information but there are sufficient grounds for further inquiry. Imran Khan is charged with wrongful communication of official confidential information under section 5 of [...]

US President Joe Biden reduced eleven non-violent drug prison terms and pardoned potentially thousands of marijuana possession offenses under federal law or in Washington, DC on Friday. Biden used his pardon power authority under Article II of the US Constitution to pardon the offenders. This power is limited to federal offenses, and the president cannot [...]

Albania’s Parliament voted to lift immunity of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday following his indictment on corruption charges. The decision comes after prosecutors sought to strip Berisha of his parliamentary immunity because he breached their decision to report regularly while he was under investigation. Albanian prosecutors in the Special Prosecutor’s [...]

The House of Representatives of Thailand passed four bills on Thursday that propose to amend the country’s Civil and Commercial Code and legalize same-sex marriage. The four bills seek to change the wording such as “men and women” and “husband and wife” in the Civil and Commercial Code to “individuals” and “marriage partners,” allowing same-sex [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan issued an order on Friday that requires the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to resolve grievances relating to the absence of a fair and free process in the following election. The Pakistan general election will be held on February 8, 2024, to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. [...]

The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick granted the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) a public interest standing to challenge the policy change carried out by the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development. This case concerns Policy 713, which involves the requirement of parental consent to the formal use of a preferred first [...]

The Hong Kong High Court ruled against Jimmy Lai in his challenge against the court’s jurisdiction to hear the charge of conspiracy to sedition on Friday. The court ruled that the prosecution pressed the charge within the time limit because the alleged conspiracy to sedition was a continuing act, and the time limit only commenced [...]