The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Friday that it retrieved the bodies of three Israeli hostages who were killed during the October 7 Hamas-led terror attacks. The IDF identified the three individuals as Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila and Shani Louk, whose bodies were kidnapped by Hamas after being confirmed dead on October 30. The [...]
The UK government imposed a new sanction package on Friday targeting the “illicit arms-for-oil transfers between Russia and North Korea.” Three companies and one individual found “enabling” this arms-for-oil trade have been subject to the sanction package. They are the North Korean company Paekyangsan Shipping Co. Ltd, the Russian companies Vostochnaya Stevedoring Co. LLC and [...]
The Prime Minister of Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, announced the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African nation. The address also discussed LGBTQ rights and the practice of monogamy. During his speech at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Sonko expressed his concerns about France’s military presence in Senegal and other countries. [...]
The Supreme Court of Korea dismissed an appeal on Thursday filed by doctors and medical professionals aiming to stop the South Korean government’s plan to increase the medical school admissions by up to 2,000 students next year, according to reports from local media. This initiative responds to the need to increase the number of medical [...]
The US Department of Justice unsealed conspiracy charges Thursday against individuals accused of assisting North Korean (DPRK) nationals in fraudulently posing as US residents to obtain information technology (IT) jobs with US companies, allegedly generating millions of dollars in income that was then funneled back to the DPRK. In a press release the government called [...]
The Flemish Community’s ban on wearing any visible symbols during the educational activities does not run counter to freedom of religion, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday. It followed the decision given by the Constitutional Court in Belgium assessing based on the c0ncept of neutrality. In the case of Mikyas and Others [...]
The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that any acquisition of private property by the state must meet a set of criteria under Article 300A of India’s Constitution, which includes being carried out for a public purpose, following the law, and following proper procedure. A two-justice bench including PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar held: In [...]
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday sentenced the man who attacked former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband to thirty years imprisonment for assault and attempted kidnapping. On October 31, 2022, David DePape was charged with the attempted kidnapping of Nancy Pelosi and the assault of her husband Paul [...]
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld four voting restriction laws passed in 2021. The laws were challenged for violating five provisions of the Arkansas Constitution. Arkansas law already required county clerks to find sufficient similarity in the signatures of the absentee ballot application and the voter registration. Act 736 replaced “voter registration” with “voter [...]
The European Consumer Organization’s network (BEUC) lodged a complaint on Thursday with the European Commission against Chinese fast-fashion retailer Temu over a potential breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). Additionally, 17 BEUC members have filed the same complaint with their national competent authorities against the e-commerce platform, which is owned by the Chinese PDD [...]
