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Prosecutors in Kraljevo, Serbia began an investigation on Friday into three Kosovo officers who were controversially detained by the Serbian border control. The officers were arrested on Wednesday, and Serbian authorities are investigating whether they committed “nauthorized production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons” while active on the Serbia-Kosovo border. Kosovo’s Justice Minister Albulena Haxhiu [...]

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Argentinian Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas asked Argentinian authorities and Interpol on Thursday to arrest four Lebanese men and have one extradited to Argentina to stand trial for their association with the deadly bombing at the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society in July 1994 where 85 people were killed. The attack was considered an act of terrorism, [...]

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The Australian federal government on Thursday passed emergency legislation to prevent the Russian Federation from building a new embassy near Australia’s parliament. The Home Affairs Act 2023 cancels Russia’s lease of land in the Australian capital Canberra, citing risks to national security. At a press conference, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the law [...]

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The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that Coal India Limited (CIL) must comply with the Competition Act, 2002 despite being a public sector business under Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973. The court held that CIL was unable to “resist the imposition of standards of fairness and the duty to avoid discriminatory practices” through claiming [...]

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General Fiseha Kidanu, the head of an investigation committee established by Ethiopia’s Interim Regional Administration (IRA) of Tigray Region, announced Thursday that regional and federal authorities as well as Eritrean soldiers engaged in the theft of food aid in Tigray, Ethiopia. Kidanu confirmed that more than 860 kg of wheat and 215,000 liters of food [...]

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously Friday that the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement (SCTA) with the United States is constitutional under section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, rejecting a challenge brought by a group of human rights organizations and refugees who had tried to enter Canada from the US. [...]

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The Conference on Jewish Materials Claims Against Germany announced on Thursday that it successfully negotiated a deal with the German Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of Holocaust survivors around the world. The deal means approximately $1.4 billion worth of compensation will be paid in various forms to Jewish survivors of German persecutions in World [...]

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Japan’s national legislature passed groundbreaking revisions to its sex crimes laws Friday. The House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s National Diet, voted in favor of changes to Chapter 22 of Japan’s Penal Code. Chapter 22 concerns crimes of obscenity, forcible sexual intercourse, and bigamy. The changes include increasing the age of consent from [...]

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The Scottish government began a consultation on Thursday to enshrine four core UN treaties into domestic law for the first time. The legislation is titled the Human Rights Bill, and seeks to incorporate the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [...]

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At least 79 people have been declared dead and hundreds more are missing in what Greece is calling one of the biggest ever migrant tragedies in its waters. The boat was first spotted in distress off the coast of Pylos, Greece on Tuesday morning. The boat then capsized, causing the Greek coast guard to mount [...]

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