Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Bangkok, Thailand to celebrate the beginning of the 25th edition of Pride Month on Saturday. Hosted by Bangkok Pride and Bangkok Municipal Administration, the parade takes place in some of the city’s business areas, namely Siam Centre and Rama I Road. Thai Prime Minister, Sretta Thavisin, also [...]

The Arab Parliament, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman on Sunday condemned an Israeli bill aimed at designating the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as a terrorist organization. In a statement shared to X ( formerly Twitter), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar expressed that Israeli [...]

The Vice Minister of National Defense of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Sunday that they would cease sending further waste-carrying balloons to South Korea. The waste balloon project began on May 28, transporting paper and rubbish into metropolitan areas such as Seoul. The DPRK claims to have sent 15 tonnes of waste [...]

The Chinese government is silencing discussion and commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, according to a statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday. June 4 will mark 35 years since the Chinese military attacked civilian protestors in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, allegedly killing and wounding thousands. No official death toll has even [...]

More than 150,000 participants converged in Seoul’s downtown Euljiro district on Saturday for the 25th Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), despite authorities denying the event its customary venue, Seoul Plaza, for the second consecutive year. The SQCF organizing committee has persistently sought to host its annual parade at Seoul Plaza since 2015. Although officials claim [...]

The Institute of Elections and Citizen Participation (IEPC) of the Mexican state of Chiapas decided not to hold the elections in the municipalities of Pantelhó and Chicomuselo due to acts of violence and the lack of security. The Friday decision came shortly before the federal elections in Mexico scheduled for Sunday, in which the presidency, [...]

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday to urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire deal touted by President Joe Biden. The protests took place amidst mounting pressure to come to an agreement with Hamas to bring hostages home. Protestors held signs with slogans such as “Biden save them [...]

A Russian court on Friday ordered to extend the detention of an American-Russian journalist by two months until August 5, after she was charged with failure to register as a foreign agent. Alsu Kurmasheva’s hearing was held on May 31 when the decision was made. According to local media reports, she was denied house arrest. [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court held Friday that there is no fundamental right to vote in the state’s constitution in a complex ruling related three 2021 election laws concerning false representation of election officials, verification of advance ballots and limitations on their collection. The court made three major rulings in the decision: (1) saying the right [...]

German police on Friday shot and wounded a knifeman who attacked a right-wing, anti-Islam demonstration in the city of Mannheim, local police shared in a statement. The attacker, whose name has not been disclosed, is described as a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan who has lived in Germany since 2014 and resides in Heppenheim, Hesse, [...]