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Ukraine and Russia announced their first prisoner-of-war exchange since August 2023 on Wednesday. The exchange involved a total of nearly 500 prisoners captured by both Ukraine and Russia. Following the exchange, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted its mediation efforts in the exchange. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 230 Ukrainians returned to [...]

The Enforcement Directorate of India (ED) stated Tuesday that it has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint incorporating allegations against Robert Vadra. Vadra is the spouse of Priyanka Gandhi, the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress, the largest opposition party in India. The ED press release stated that it has filed a Supplementary Prosecution Complaint [...]

Authorities from India’s western state of Gujarat launched an investigation Tuesday into a plane which was held in Paris carrying 303 passengers from India over human trafficking suspicions. A chartered plane carrying 303 Indian passengers, which was detained in France for four days due to suspected human trafficking, landed in Mumbai reportedly carrying 276 passengers [...]

Chad declared four Sudanese diplomats “persona non grata” on Sunday and ordered them to leave the country within 72 hours in response to a statement from Yasser Al-Atta, a member of the Sudanese Sovereign Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, which alleged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had been interfering with the ongoing Sudanese [...]

The US Department of the Treasury, in coordination with the State Department, announced sanctions on over 200 individuals and entities on Tuesday to target Russia’s war capabilities in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The sanctions target Russia’s energy production, metals and mining sector, munitions transfers and defense industry. The sanctions include entities in China, Türkiye [...]

The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, prompting a furious backlash from the international community. The vote followed UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s invocation of Article 99 of the UN Charter, which forced a discussion on the humanitarian disaster currently unfolding in the region. Since early October 18,000 [...]

In response to the recent deaths of six Nepali citizens serving in the Russian army, Nepali authorities have apprehended 12 individuals suspected of involvement in an illegal operation coercing unemployed youths to join the Russian military campaign in Ukraine on Wednesday. The detainees are accused of extorting significant amounts—up to $9000—from victims, falsely promising travel [...]

Authorities in Malaysia have opened an investigation into a local man on Wednesday for expressing support for diplomatic relations with Israel during an interview with an Israeli media personality. The Royal Malaysian Police confirmed in a statement that 36-year-old Victor Yong has been taken into custody to aid in their probe under Section 4(1) of [...]

20,000 protestors marched and braved the cold in Brussels on Sunday after the Belgian climate activist group Climate Coalition called on politicians and leaders to take action urgently to limit harm from climate change.  While this year’s protest was smaller than last year’s, it was held decidedly during the United Nations’ COP 28 climate summit in [...]

Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws, KC, is one of the UK’s most established lawyers, a bencher at Gray’s Inn and a member of the House of Lords. Kennedy is also a broadcaster,  journalist and lecturer. She has not only acted in many of the most prominent cases of the last decade but has promoted civil [...]