Reuters reported on Sunday that a judge in Mexico issued an order prohibiting the lower house of Congress from discussing controversial judicial reforms, according to a legal document reviewed by the news agency. Reuters states the order, issued by District Judge Martha Eugenia Magaña López, is intended to prevent lawmakers from debating and voting on [...]
Venezuela prosecutors issued a second summons to opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez on Monday for questioning regarding an opposition website that posted detailed results surrounding the disputed presidential election last month. The website is reported to have provided detailed voting results of the election to the public, displaying an indisputable victory in Gonzalez’s favour. The voting [...]
Footage from Northeast Live shows tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees were holding rallies in refugee camps Sunday to mark the seven-year anniversary of “genocide day” in Myanmar. Individuals involved in the rallies continued to call for an end to the violence and the ability to return to their home state, seven years on from [...]
The Director-General of Security of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Mike Burgess disclosed that the organisation discovered numerous states interfering with Australia’s diaspora communities during an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Sunday. The interview follows the recent raise of the terror threat level in Australia from “possible” to “probable”, categorising Australia [...]
On Sunday, residents in the southern Albanian municipality of Himare voted to elect a new mayor after the previous mayor-elect was jailed on charges of election fraud in 2023. The previous election in May 2023 saw the “Together We Win” coalition’s nominee Fredi Beleri come out ahead of his rivals. However, the success was short-lived [...]
The European Commission announced on Tuesday it intends to begin infringement proceedings against member states failing to meet current waste management targets by sending them letters of formal notice letters. The targets, detailed in the Waste Framework Directive, the Directive on Waste and Electronic Equipment, and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, impose legally binding [...]
Georgian media site Radio Free Europe (Radio Limited) revealed on Sunday that Georgia’s largest opposition party, United National Movement, intends to file a challenge against the state’s new foreign agent law on July 29. The controversial legislation challenged by the party requires media, non-profits, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving greater than 20 percent of their [...]
The government of the Philippines issued a statement on Sunday announcing that the state and China have reached an agreement regarding the Philippines’ routine rotation and resupply missions to a breached ship located in the disputed South China Sea. The ship, BRP Sierra Madre, is a warship originally built for the United States Navy during [...]
The Centre for Supporters of Human Rights (CSHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement on Tuesday urging the Iranian president to halt the use of excessive force against Kurdish border couriers. HRW states that incoming President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned the practice of border couriering throughout his campaign, signalling a potential shift in the [...]
An independent report released Sunday by the Australian Institute of family Studies (AIFS) determined that the Australian government’s plan to address elder abuse has been “valuable.” The report examined the appropriateness, efficiency and effectiveness of the National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians through an array of case studies, surveys and interviews. Researchers [...]
