Internal Affairs Minister of Serbia Ivica Dačić ordered the ban of “Mirëdita, Dobar Dan!” festival in Belgrade on Thursday, citing security concerns, according to the country’s public broadcaster RTS. Held since 2014 with the participation of Albanian and Serb artists and taking the name from the word “good afternoon” in the respective languages, the festival [...]
The US Department of Justice announced on Thursday a massive nationwide operation leading to the indictment of nearly 200 individuals involved in healthcare fraud schemes, with fraudulent claims exceeding $2.7 billion. The operation revealed that over the past two weeks 193 individuals, including 76 doctors, nurse practitioners and other licensed medical professionals, have been charged [...]
The Communist Party of China (CPC) expelled two of its former defense ministers had been expelled from the party Thursday, citing the reasoning of “serious violation of Party’s discipline and the law,” according to government news agency Xinhua. The ministers in question are Li Shangfu and Wei Fengh. Li Shangfu was first removed from the [...]
A 19-year-old man has been charged with a terrorism offense in New South Wales after briefly entering the office of State Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp with plans to kill him, according to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Thursday. The man, identified as Jordan Patten from Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, has been refused [...]
The UN announced on Thursday the additional deployment of UN peacekeepers in the southeast Haut Mbomou region of the Central African Republic to prevent further violence. Valentine Rugwabiza, the head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), announced the deployment at a UN Security Council Briefing. Rugwabiza reported that [...]
Indonesian immigration officials announced Friday the arrest of 103 Taiwanese nationals suspected of running a cybercrime operation in Bali. However, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs contested this claim, stating that according to information received by its unofficial diplomatic mission in Indonesia, only 14 of the 103 individuals arrested were believed to be Taiwanese nationals. The [...]
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a report Thursday detailing challenges for the responsibility to protect (R2P) amid an increasing disregard of international human law and international human rights law by both state and non-state actors. The concept of R2P was adopted by the General Assembly in 2005, so the next year will mark the [...]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed the case of two applicants seeking to legalize same-sex relationships, marking a significant setback for LGBTQ+ rights in the country. The three-member judge panel, consisting of Justices Joseph Chigona, Chimbigzani Kacheche and Vikochi Chima, delivered their ruling after six hours of deliberation. The judges ruled that the applicants failed [...]
The UK Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) refusal to investigate the importation of Uyghur forced labour cotton from China was unlawful. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) have secured a historic victory, which marks the first successful case globally to disrupt supply [...]
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision to allow cities to enforce bans on homeless encampments even when shelter space is unavailable. In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, the plaintiffs filed a class action on behalf of the homeless population living in Grants Pass, alleging that the city’s ordinances against [...]
