The US announced Friday that they will be imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China officials due to continuing human rights violations against minority groups. The decision is underpinned by US legislation, namely Section 212 (a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The alleged ongoing human rights violations include “the ongoing genocide and crimes [...]
The Australian Federal Police announced Friday that an Army Private and her husband have been charged with preparing to commit espionage. The ADF private, Kira Korolev, and her husband, Igor Korolev, are both Russian-born and were arrested at their Brisbane home on Thursday. The AFP reports that the Korolevs frequently used Kira’s ADF work log-in [...]
The Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani Saturday to one year in prison following public comments she made about the country refusing sub-Saharan African migrants coming from Europe, local media reported. The comments were made on the television channel Carthage+, when she sarcastically asked, “What extraordinary country are we talking [...]
The Communist Party of China (CPC) expelled two of its former defense ministers had been expelled from the party Thursday, citing the reasoning of “serious violation of Party’s discipline and the law,” according to government news agency Xinhua. The ministers in question are Li Shangfu and Wei Fengh. Li Shangfu was first removed from the [...]
China announced sanctions against US arms company Lockheed Martin in response to the US sale of arms to Taiwan on Friday. The spokesperson of the Chinese foreign ministry Lin Jian contended that the arms deal violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, especially the August 17 Communiqué of 1982. These sanctions resulted [...]
The lawyer representing former detainees of an Australian youth detention centre announced in a media release on Friday that the Tasmanian state government plans to give AU$75 million to members of a class action abuse lawsuit against the state. The class action arose as a result of alleged abuse that had been taking place at [...]
UN Special Rapporteur Alice Jill Edwards said Thursday that the Taliban must provide detained US humanitarian worker Ryan Corbett with immediate medical treatment in light of his deteriorating health. Corbett was allegedly detained by the Taliban on August 10, 2022. According to Edwards, Corbett was confined in a tiny, locked cell without sunlight in Afghanistan. He [...]
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday that four hostages—Haim Perry, Amiram Cooper, Nadav Popplewell and Yoram Metzger—were killed months ago after they were abducted on October 7 and taken as hostages of Hamas in Gaza. The bodies of the four hostages are held in captivity by Hamas. According to the IDF, the four hostages were [...]
Canada’s National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) published a report on Monday stating that some parliamentarians collaborated with foreign governments to engage in “foreign interference activities.” Evidence the NSICOP gathered suggests that these unnamed parliamentarians engaged in interference activities as “semi-witting or witting participants.” The report suggested that the parliamentarians engaged in foreign [...]
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 [...]
