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India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) formally charged four individuals on Tuesday in connection with a bombing that occurred at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru, India, in March 2023. The bast caused nine casualties, none fatal. The accused are identified as Mussavir Hussain Shazib, Abdul Matheen Ahmed Taaha, Maaz Muneer Ahmed, and Muzammil Shareef. According to [...]

Tajikistan’s authorities systematically discriminate against the Pamiri minority, and grossly violate their rights, through suppression of cultural and religious institutions, political exclusion and violent repression, according to a new report by Amnesty International released on Wednesday. The Pamiris are a separate ethnic group that lives in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, mostly practicing the Shia Ismaili [...]

Around 1200 anti-war and anti-genocide protesters clashed with police outside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibit Center on Wednesday, according to a media statement by Victoria Police. Thirty-nine of the protestors against the Land Forces International Land Defense Exposition have been arrested so far and charged with various offenses, including assault on police officers and obstruction [...]

The first investigative judge in Beirut, Lebanon, ruled on Monday that the former governor of Lebanon’s central bank (BDL), Riad Salameh, will remain in detention as investigations into corruption charges continue, local media reported. The judge issued an arrest warrant against Riad Salameh after his interrogation session concluded. Riad Salameh was the head of Lebanon’s [...]

The German Ministry of Interior announced  plans on Monday to introduce border controls with France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark for six months starting September 16 to curb irregular migration and strengthen internal security. While the terms of the Schengen Area Agreement broadly eliminated border controls between EU states, the Schengen Border Code allows [...]

Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo González arrived in Spain on Sunday after being granted safe passage through an agreement between Venezuela and Spain. González, 75, landed at the Torrejón de Ardoz Air Base near Madrid around 4 PM local time. He was accompanied by his wife and Spain’s Secretary of State for Global Affairs Diego [...]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent decision to revoke the plea agreements for three defendants in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo, including alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), was at once shocking and predictable: shocking that the Defense Secretary would step in deus ex machina at the eleventh hour to scuttle a deal negotiated by the [...]

The US Department of Justice has unsealed criminal charges against Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar over his participation in the October 7 attacks on Israel. The criminal complaint charges Sinwar, as well as the deceased Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Mohemmed Deif, with a variety of terrorism offenses including: Conspiracy to provide material support for [...]

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus led Bangladesh’s interim government in signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on Thursday.  Yunus, who holds the position of Chief Advisor of the Government of Bangladesh, shared the Instrument of Accession for the Convention on his X (formerly Twitter) account. He stated that by signing [...]

The UN Human Rights Office and UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for culpable individuals of alleged human rights violations committed in Tarhuna, Libya between 2013 and 2022 to be held accountable in a Friday report. The report warned that the impunity culpable individuals enjoyed may compound instability and division in Libya. According to [...]