The European Union (EU) on Monday condemned the Venezuela Comptroller General’s decision to extend opposition figure Maria Corina Machado’s disqualification from elected office. The EU said that Comptroller Elvis Amoroso’s move contravened the recommendations of the 2021 EU Electoral Observation Mission to Venezuela, which asked the comptroller general to stop disqualifying potential candidates from elections, [...]
The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam on June 6th is emerging as one of Europe’s biggest humanitarian and ecological disasters. The dam’s collapse has destroyed entire villages, flooded farmland, displaced tens of thousands of people, deprived them of power and clean water, and caused massive environmental damage. The long-term impact of the dam’s destruction [...]
A Hague-based international prosecutorial team launched efforts Monday to prepare case materials against Russia for the crime of aggression — a crime that is notoriously difficult to prosecute on the international stage. The International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA) was established within Eurojust, the European Union’s agency for judicial cooperation, [...]
The world continues to grapple with the challenges posed by strongman leaders who prioritize their own power and interests over global stability and cooperation. This essay explores the notion that the age of the strongman remains as threatening as ever. However, it argues that countering this threat requires upholding the rule of law rather than [...]
The Ohrid Agreement, officially known as the Agreement on the Path to Normalization between Kosovo and Serbia, was verbally accepted by the Serbian President and Kosovar Prime Minister in March 2023, symbolizing the most significant advance in negotiations between the two nations in years. A report by the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (The Kosovar [...]
The Supreme Court of Nepal issued an interim order to the Nepali government on Friday to recognize same-sex marriage by allowing same-sex couples and other non-heterosexual couples to register for marriage in the country. The order issued by Justice Til Prasad Shrestha calls for necessary amendments to the provisions related to marriage and marriage registration within [...]
The Administrative Tribunal of Paris handed down a judgment on Friday to overturn a decision of the French police to ban the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from holding demonstrations. The PMOI planned to have a rally on July 1 to demand the dismissal of the Mullah’s regime aiming to “support the uprising of the [...]
Canadian unionised port workers in the Pacific coast province of British Columbia went on strike on Thursday. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) are currently undergoing negotiations on behalf of the workers with the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA). The Collective Agreement which has governed the relationship between the port workers and their [...]
The US Supreme Court decided Friday that it would take up Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, a case determining whether an employee can sue under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for discrimination based on bias-motivated transfers in the workplace. In Friday’s order, the court stated, “The petition for a writ of [...]
The US State Department released 24 pages of its 85-page After Action Review (AAR) report Friday on the controversial US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The remaining 61 pages of the report are still classified. The AAR states that, “Many observers had long predicted that the withdrawal of U.S. military forces and those of our allies and [...]
