Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in downtown Budapest, Hungary to protest the government of incumbent Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The protests were led by Péter Magyar, a lawyer and the ex-husband of Orbán’s former Justice Minister Judit Varga, who shot to prominence in Hungarian politics as a vocal Orbán critic after releasing [...]

South African authorities arrested National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Thursday based on multiple corruption charges. The arrest comes the day after Mapise-Nqakula resigned from her position in the country’s Parliament amid an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption and misconduct during her tenure as South Africa’s defense minister.  Following her resignation Wednesday night, Mapisa-Nqakula surrendered [...]

Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karinš announced his resignation this week, following the initiation of a criminal investigation into his excessive use of private jets and alleged misconduct by his office during his tenure as the Baltic country’s prime minister from 2019-2023, according to local media. Latvian public broadcaster LSM reported Karinš’s resignation following a meeting [...]

Fiji’s former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Thursday was granted “absolute discharge” by the Magistrates Court, after previously being handed a guilty verdict by the country’s High Court for “perverting the course of justice.” The Magistrates Court cited Bainimarama’s poor health and an underlying heart condition as motivating factors for this lenient decision.  Bainimarama, a [...]

Philippine officials accused a Chinese Coast Guard ship on Saturday of hitting a Philippine supply boat with water cannons in the heavily disputed waters of the South China Sea, causing heavy damage to the vessel and injuring several crew members. The Philippine supply boat was allegedly blocked from passage by Chinese Coast Guard and maritime [...]

Brazilian federal prosecutors have filed charges against Jair Renan Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for crimes including money laundering, misrepresentation and the presentation of fraudulent documents, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported Wednesday.  Jair Renan, whose father served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019-2022, was charged alongside his business partner, Maciel [...]

Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) was reported on Saturday to have initiated criminal proceedings against Tatjana Ždanoka, a European Parliament lawmaker (MEP) and Latvian citizen, on suspicion of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services, according to local Latvian media outlets.  Per media reports, the VDD had been investigating the activities of  Ždanoka, 73, following [...]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday revealed it was lifting a 21-year-moratorium on executions in response to escalating violence and militant attacks, to stop its citizens, as well as active duty military and police, from cooperating with M23 rebels in the country’s eastern regions. The decision to lift the moratorium and reinstate [...]

The United States issued a statement on Friday condemning Zimbabwean authorities for their alleged attempts to intimidate US government officials and aid workers, subjecting them to unlawful overnight detention, prolonged interrogation and eventual forced deportation.  The US Agency for International Development (USAID) alleged that their aid workers, who were there to “support civic participation, democratic [...]

Sweden officially joined NATO on Thursday as its 32nd member, nearly two years after first applying for membership to the military alliance. Earlier on Thursday, the Swedish government issued a statement in which it shared that it was holding an extraordinary government meeting to formally vote on joining the alliance after all current NATO members [...]