The European Commission published a press release on Friday outlining its new Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive, which entered into application at the end of December 2024. The new directive aims to produce effective national measures that promote gender equality among companies’ administrative and oversight boards. Micro, small and medium sized enterprises will not [...]

Authorities evacuated Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas from prison on Sunday following a series of incidents in La Roca maximum security facility in Guayaquil. Sources confirmed incidents at La Roca, as prisoners mutinied and burned both mattresses and newspapers. This was allegedly done in an attempt against the ex-vice president’s life. The National Service [...]

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it had facilitated the departure of a former Israeli soldier from Brazil after legal action was initiated against him for war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The action was confirmed on Sunday by the Israeli army radio. The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a complaint with the Brazilian authorities against Yuval [...]

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said on Saturday that they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Myanmar immigrants, who the authority believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees. MMEA director-general Rear Admiral Datuk Mohd Rosli Abdullah said the operation followed an interception on Friday of two boats attempting to illegally enter Pantai Teluk [...]

The Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court on Sunday rejected former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s objection to the execution of the arrest warrant and the search warrant of the presidential resident, according to local media outlet Yonhap. Yoon’s lawyers filed the objection on Thursday, calling the warrants “illegal” and citing Article 417 of [...]

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) on Saturday sent an official document to Acting President Choi Sang-mok  requesting him to order the Presidential Security Service to comply with execution of the arrest warrant for President Yoon Seok-yeol, according to the Korean Broadcasting System. After President Yoon failed to appear for the CIO’s [...]

The TikTok creators challenging the law that would ban TikTok in the US due to national security concerns filed a reply brief on Friday, just hours after the US government submitted classified materials to the US Supreme Court. The group urged the Court to ignore the government’s arguments saying, “the DC Circuit explicitly declined to [...]

New York judge Juan Merchan on Friday ordered Donald Trump to appear for sentencing on January 10 for his hush-money conviction, finding that a president-elect does not enjoy presidential immunity. Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment is based on the presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act, and the Supremacy Clause, requiring the government to [...]

Guatemala and El Salvador sent soldiers to Haiti to join the Multinational Security Support (MSS) on Friday, according to the announcement of the Haitian National Police. This group, consisting of 75 Guatemalan soldiers and eight Salvadoran soldiers, is joining as part of the MSS mission to assist in the fight against gang-related violence. A second [...]

The military government of Myanmar released 5,864 prisoners on Saturday. The mass amnesty was to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the country’s independence from British colonial rule. The terms of this amnesty stipulate that any released prisoners who re-offend will be required to serve the remainder of their original sentences and face new penalties. This [...]