The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the European Commission to establish a consent-based definition of rape. The need for a new definition that does not define rape on the conditions of the use of force, or the word “No,” aims to have a victim-centred approach to sexual assault and the trauma responses [...]

A grand jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials for importing large amounts of drugs into the US, along with related offenses. The officials include the current governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, and a Sinaloa state deputy attorney general, a former [...]

The United States has been at war with Iran for eight weeks. Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.–Israeli campaign launched on February 28, 2026, has killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, struck targets across twenty-four provinces, and left at least 1,443 Iranian civilians dead—including 217 children. Among the documented strikes: a Tomahawk missile that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh [...]

UN rights experts urged the Court in Algiers Tuesday to stop the trial of Mohamed Tadjadit, noting that the reclassified charges he now faces are punishable by death. A poet and human rights defender, Tadjadit is associated with the Hirak movement, which first arose in 2019 in opposition to then-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and has since [...]

A US soldier pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of using classified intelligence on the raid and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolàs Maduro to win $400,000 on prediction market betting site Polymarket. Gannon Ken Van Dyke is a 38-year-old US Special Forces soldier who was involved in the planning and execution of Maduro’s capture. [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday delivered an order on reparations for the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz (Al Hassan) in Timbuktu between April 2, 2012, and January 29, 2013. Presiding Judge Kimberly Prost, in ICC’s Trial Chamber X, delivered the Reparations Order in [...]

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a landmark bill creating protections for cats and dogs. The bill, first proposed in December 2023, establishes regulations for “EU standards for the breeding, housing, traceability, import and handling of cats and dogs.” It was adopted on Tuesday with 558 votes in favor, 35 against, and with 52 abstentions.  The bill [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday on the Israeli government’s plan for settler transfers into the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, calling the decision a “clear statement of intent to commit war crimes.” The $334 million plan was adopted on April 17, proposing development by 2030. The government purports to make the small town of Katzrin [...]

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia unanimously upheld the criminal contempt conviction against Chief Dsta’hyl (Adam Gagnon) on Tuesday. He was found in breach of a court injunction by protesting against a pipeline project in the territories of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. At issue in the appeal is whether Chief Dsta’hyl can make a [...]