Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday approved the prosecution of author and activist Arundhati Roy under the stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. A case was registered under the act in 2010 over her comments on Kashmir. Approval has also been given to prosecute Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former Professor of [...]

Mexico’s government added an article to its Amnesty law in a decree on Friday allowing the head of the Executive Branch to commute sentences and halt criminal proceedings in cases deemed “relevant to the Mexican State,” regardless of the severity of the crime. The new Article 9 states the country’s president has exclusive authority to [...]

Venezuelan opposition parties said Saturday that three activists for the opposition were arbitrarily detained on Friday and have not been seen since, following a string of opposition political activists being detained ahead of Venezuela’s July presidential elections. Opposition party Vente said on X (formerly Twitter) that 19-year-old volunteer youth leader Juan Carlos Rivas is being [...]

Police in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt shot an Afghan murder suspect, who died shortly thereafter in the hospital, Saturday. According to police reports, the 27-year-old Afghan national is said to have attacked another 23-year-old Afghan on Friday with a knife-like object in an apartment building in the town of Wolmirstedt on Saturday. The [...]

Thousands marched in French cities on Saturday after the far-right National Rally (RN) secured over 30 percent of the vote in last week’s European elections, which prompted President Emmanuel Macron to call for snap parliamentary elections. Labor unions, student groups, and rights organizations organized the rallies, which aimed to counter the RN’s perceived anti-immigration agenda. [...]

The National Defense and Security Council led by President of Honduras Xiomara Castro announced in a national broadcast Friday a sweeping plan to crack down on crime and safeguard national security. The crime solution plan establishes several measures to be implemented. First, the Security and Defense secretaries, the Armed Forces, and the Military Police will [...]

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) on Friday said that the Tutor, a Greek merchant vessel that was attacked by Houthi rebels, has been evacuated and left adrift in the Indian Ocean. The incident occurred on Wednesday when Houthi militants fired missiles at the cargo ship. The Iranian-backed Houthi militants have been attacking merchant [...]

The Swedish Armed Forces on Saturday issued a statement after a Russian military aircraft violated their airspace the previous day.  Commander of the Swedish Air Force, Jonas Wikman, called Russia’s act ‘unacceptable’ and said that the aggravated act showed a lack of respect for Sweden’s territorial integrity. The Russian SU-24 fighter plane is accused of [...]

A German administrative court held on Friday that the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is allowed to use the public facility of Grugahalle for the AfD’s federal party conference on June 29 and 30. In allowing the AfD access to the Grugahalle, the court held that the AfD is entitled to use public facilities, [...]

New China Coast Guard rules allowing Chinese guardsmen to arrest foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea took effect Saturday. The China Coast Guard issued Order No. 3 last month, stating, “It is of great significance to standardize and ensure that the Coast Guard performs its duties in accordance with the law and [...]