The UN Security Council rejected on Monday a resolution drafted by Russia that urged countries to prevent the use of weapons in space. The resolution’s proclaimed purpose was to prevent an arms race in space and preserve space for exclusively peaceful purposes. With seven votes in favor, among them China, and seven against, the draft [...]

The New Zealand government on Monday introduced the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill to reinstate local electorate polls on Māori wards and constituencies, despite the Waitangi Tribunal finding that the proposed legislation breaches the Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty of Waitangi is one of the country’s founding constitution [...]

The Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled Monday that former president Jacob Zuma is disqualified from running for a seat in Parliament in the upcoming national election due to a prior criminal conviction. The court said in its order: It is declared that Mr Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months’ [...]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologized “wholeheartedly” to every victim of the country’s infected blood scandal after the final report of an inquiry into contaminated blood transfusions was released Monday. He cited the report’s conclusions that British authorities, including successive governments and the National Health Service (NHS), were guilty of a “catalogue of failures” and [...]

Amnesty International said Monday that a South Korea’s Constitutional Court hearing set for Tuesday regarding four landmark climate change cases could set a “human rights precedent” for climate litigation. The four cases were first heard in April by the court and involve approximately 200 people, 60 of whom are children. The plaintiffs are suing the [...]

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday named a caretaker president and outlined constitutionally mandated succession plans following Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. The helicopter carrying Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian  crashed in foggy conditions in northeastern Iran on Sunday, according to official state media. Search and rescue teams found [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan announced Monday that he applied for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as senior Hamas leaders, for crimes against humanity committed during the Israel-Hamas War. The officials face various crimes against humanity and war crimes charges under the [...]

The US agreed to withdraw American troops from Niger, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday. “The U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of National Defense of Niger have reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun,” the statement said. It continued, “It is [...]

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army on Sunday said it quashed a coup attempt comprising of Congolese and international fighters against President Felix Tshikedi in the country’s capital, Kinshasa. In a message broadcast on DRC national television, the spokesperson for the Congolese army, General Ekenge affirmed that the Congolese army foiled this coup attempt. [...]

The chief of the UN’s Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Martin Griffiths warned on Sunday of “apocalyptic” consequences in Gaza if humanitarian aid is not increased, referring to fuel shortages and the threat of famine due to the blockage of humanitarian aid to the strip. In a statement to AFP news, Griffiths stated, “If fuel runs [...]