Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, has been assassinated, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado confirmed Sunday. Arcos was beheaded and left in a truck on a city street. While the death was confirmed on Sunday, the actual murder is believed to have occurred the day before. No arrests have been made so [...]

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Saturday disqualified Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă, a far-right politician known for her pro-Russian views, from participating in the upcoming 2024 presidential elections. This decision has reignited concerns regarding the country’s electoral integrity and democratic values. Ranked sixtieth globally in the GSoD Rule of Law Index in 2024, Romania continues to grapple with [...]

The FIFA Council accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition on Thursday, announcing that it is investigating alleged human rights violations and discrimination within the Israel Football Association. As part of the investigation, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will explore allegations of discrimination raised by the PFA, whereas the FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee has [...]

Eighty Pakistan police officers were injured in a protest rally held by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the arbitrary detention of ex-prime minister Imran Khan, according to statements made by Interior Minister Moshin Navqi. The rally was held Saturday, converging on Islamabad’s D Chowk plaza. Navqi said that the protesters, led by the chief minister [...]

A Russian prosecutor on Saturday requested a seven-year prison sentence for a 72-year-old US man accused of working as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Interfax. The Moscow City Court is holding proceedings in the criminal case of Stefan Hubbard, who allegedly engaged in combat alongside the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the Russian [...]

The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, arrived in Lebanon on Saturday in an effort to express solidarity and bring awareness to alleged breaches of humanitarian law that include Israel’s targeting of medical facilities and displacement of civilians. Imran Riza, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon, expressed serious concern [...]

French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking to public broadcaster France Inter on Saturday, announced that France should no longer deliver weapons to Israel and urged other countries to halt arms deliveries to Israel, citing the escalation of its attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rebuked Macron for the proposed arms embargo, noting that [...]

The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil announced on Friday that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) must wait for the fine paid to the wrong government bank account to be transferred to the correct account before the court can lift an order that blocks the platform from Brazil. On Friday, X submitted a petition [...]

A gang attack in Haiti resulted in the deaths of at least 70 people in Pont-Sonde on Thursday, amid an alarming rise in gang violence in rural areas raising concerns about a lack of law and order in a country that is already grappling with profound humanitarian crises. The Gran Grif gang, responsible for this [...]

Amnesty International on Friday raised concern about the ongoing coercion of Ukrainian teachers in Russian-occupied territories to teach the Russian-imposed curriculum to school-going children. The report portrays the resumption of schooling in the occupied territories as Russia’s attempt to justify its aggression by indoctrinating students with a propagandized curriculum. The Russian curriculum in the occupied [...]