The Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday rejected former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the remainder of his graft sentence under house arrest. The case centered on the validity of a supplementary order issued by former king Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The order allowed Najib to serve the remainder of [...]

Chinese officials on Monday condemned the US seizure of oil tankers headed from Venezuelan ports, calling the acts a “serious violation of international law.” “Venezuela has the right to independently develop mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press conference. Jian stated that China opposes unilateral enforcement of [...]

UN officials warned on Monday that the war in Sudan is reaching a deadlier phase as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) gain territories in the Kordofan region. During several briefings at the 10,077th meeting of the UN Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Khaled Khiari confirmed the alarming humanitarian situation in Sudan as the [...]

US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will appoint a special envoy for Greenland, prompting responses from Denmark and Greenland leaders, expressing worry over potential US expansionist aims and threats to territorial integrity. This is an unusual move, as Greenland is not an independent country but an autonomous territory of Denmark. Trump made the [...]

Italy’s Competition Authority (AGCM) announced on Monday that it has fined the Apple corporation €98.6 million ($116 million) for imposing unfair conditions on third-party app developers through the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy. This decision centers on Apple’s requirement, beginning in April 2021, that developers display an ATT consent prompt before tracking user data across [...]

UN experts warned that a recently approved bill in Peru that eliminates the concept of gender from legislation and public policy frameworks could significantly undermine the country’s human rights protections and violate its international legal obligations. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the bill removes references to gender from Peru’s [...]

The People’s National Assembly, the lower house of Algeria’ parliament, began debating a draft law on Saturday seeking to criminalize French colonization. This legislative move is a step in advancing the Algiers Declaration, which was adopted following a conference on colonialism held on November 30 and December 1. This law focuses on French colonial rule [...]

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years imprisonment for retaining and selling state gifts, marking the latest conviction against them. A special court in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where Khan is incarcerated, delivered the verdict. The case, dubbed “Toshakhana 2,” relates to a 2021 [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday urged all states to prevent the Portuguese-flagged Holger G vessel, carrying munition components bound for Israel, from docking at their ports. Having departed from India on November 16, the cargo is destined for Israel’s biggest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, and its subsidiary IMI Systems. Erika Guevara Rosas, senior director for research [...]

The US Department of State revoked visas for senior Honduran electoral officials on Friday, tying the sanctions-like immigration action to allegations that the officials impeded Honduras’ post-election vote count and thereby “undermin democracy in Honduras,” according to the Department’s public statement. In a warning that framed the dispute as a regional security issue, the Department [...]