India’s Central Bureau for Investigation (CBI) detained Friday four students of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, in the case of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak. Abnormal results on the 2024 NEET  undergraduate exam have caused observers and students to question the integrity of the test.  Dr. Gopal Krushna [...]

Bangladesh police arrested one of the country’s most senior opposition party leaders Friday in Dakar following days of unrest and protests. Police have not provided details on the arrest, but Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is facing hundreds of charges, according to AFP. This comes as police fail to [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Friday that Israel’s settlement and occupation activity in Palestinian territory breach international law. The court’s decision came after the UN General Assembly requested an advisory opinion from the body on Israel’s practices in the occupied territories. The world court held that Israel’s policies and practices violated a [...]

Nigerian Minister of Information Mohammed Idris announced on Thursday that the Nigerian government and main labor unions have agreed on a new monthly minimum wage of 70,000 Naira ($44) after months of negotiations and threats of strikes. The agreed-upon amount has more than doubled the current minimum wage but is still six times lower than [...]

A US appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to a Tennessee law that restricts drag performances, reversing a lower court’s decision that blocked the law from taking full effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found that the plaintiff did not have standing in the case, dismissing the plaintiff’s challenge to [...]

Less than a week since the resignation of the former inspector general of police, Japhet Koome, Amnesty International and other organizations called on President William Ruto Wednesday to hold a competitive recruitment process for the the next inspector general (IG) and restore the role of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) in recruiting all senior [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed Thursday that a section of the Mississippi Constitution that banned felons from voting for life did not violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments to the US Constitution and was thereby constitutional. Dennis Hopkins, a disenfranchised voter, claimed that the Mississippi Constitution created a “cruel and [...]

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and her chain of command could be criminally responsible for the deaths and injuries that occurred at the beginning of her presidency in 2022, according to an Amnesty International report released on Thursday. Anti-government protests in Peru began in December 2022 following the removal and arrest of former president Pedro Castillo [...]

The Malian Armed Forces said on Wednesday that its army chief ordered an investigation into a video where a man wearing a Malian military uniform used a machete to cut into a corpse in the presence of his peers. The army chief said the man violated Mali’s military values by committing a rare atrocity comparable [...]

Spanish authorities announced Thursday that a joint operation with Germany has resulted in the arrest of four people – three in Spain and one in Germany – on suspicion of working with Hezbollah. The announcement says that the four were allegedly supplying Hezbollah with parts to build kamikaze drones to use against Israel. The Guardia [...]