Amnesty International reported on Sunday that Saudi Arabia has put to death over 198 individuals in 2024 so far, the highest toll in the country in decades. The group found the state to have “ramped up executions while routinely failing to abide by international fair trial standards and safeguards for defendants,” with many sentenced to [...]

Albania’s Court of Appeals upheld a one-year sentence on Thursday that will imprison opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Ervin Salianji during the next election for falsely reporting a crime, after he alleged that the former Minister of Interior Affairs Fatmir Xhafaj had connections to drug trafficking. According to the former Minister of Justice Ylli Manjani, [...]

Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere has called for “respect for our region” and an end to missile testing in the Pacific following China’s recent launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Katonivere reminded the world of the Pacific Ocean’s troubling history as a nuclear weapons testing ground. [...]

Officials in Ukraine reported that Russia launched two drone attacks on the Saint Panteleimon hospital in Sumy on Saturday. The interior minister of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko, reported that the first of two drones demolished several floors of the hospital, and the second attack occurred during the evacuation of patients and staff. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of [...]

South Korean Foreign Minister Tae-yul Cho accused Russia of engaging in illegal arms trading with North Korea on Saturday during the 79th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, reiterating that North Korea continues to pose a threat to peace on the Korean peninsula with its ongoing development of nuclear weapons. The Minister [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania filed a petition on Friday to the US Supreme Court to determine if Pennsylvania’s requirement for voters to include a date on their mail ballot return envelopes violates federal law. The case focuses on whether the state’s mandate requiring voters to manually write a date on their mail [...]

A Hong Kong court sentenced Chung Pui-kuen, former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, to 21 months in prison on Thursday. Patrick Lam, the former acting editor-in-chief, was released with a reduced sentence due to health issues. Chung and Lam were found guilty of conspiracy to publish seditious materials and inciting hatred [...]

Pope Francis on Friday addressed clerical sexual abuse in Belgium during a meeting with Belgian civil leaders in Brussels, expressing deep remorse and calling for action. The pontiff stated that the Catholic Church was “ashamed” by these abuses, describing them as a “scourge.” Francis emphasized that the Church must confront this issue with Christian humility [...]

An Indonesian Manpower Ministry official on Friday said that Indonesia is working towards better oversight in employment after Indonesia appeared in a US Department of Labor report among countries producing goods by means of child labor and/or forced labor. According to the report, Indonesia is producing nickel used in the manufacture of Electric Vehicles(EV) by [...]

The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) of Canada announced that use of polygraphs for security screening during the hiring process by the the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) likely breaches the privacy rights of prospective employees. Although the CSE claims that its method of assessment is consistent with the Privacy Act, the NSIRA found [...]