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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in Myanmar amid the ongoing violence in the country. According to the UN Human Rights Office, the military and the Arakan Army committed human rights violations against the minority Rohingya community in Myanmar, despite their obligations to protect the Rohingya community [...]

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device after detonating a bomb outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in February. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated in the press release that “ublic servants should never be targeted [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday, in a 5-4 decision, allowed the enforcement of an Arizona election law requiring prospective voters to provide “satisfactory evidence of citizenship” upon registering to vote. However, the court kept two lower court blocks on related laws that prevent those with unverified citizenship status from voting in presidential elections or [...]

Nepal’s National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, according to local media sources. The amendment bill aims to address serious human rights violations committed during Nepal’s decade-long civil war that began in 1996. The legislation includes provisions for the establishment of commissions to [...]

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday refused to interfere in the bail order granted to the accused in the case of journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. The court noted that the accused, Mohan Nayak, has cooperated with the authorities and added in its order: Under the circumstances, we are not inclined to interfere with the [...]

The union representing Canada rail workers on Friday challenged the federal government’s directive imposing final binding arbitration to resolve labour bargaining, according to local media, and instead issued a strike notice set to commence on Monday. The government’s directive Thursday came hours after an employer-led lockout of more than 9,000 workers at CN Rail and [...]

The Supreme Tribunal of Venezuela (TSJ) ratified Nicolás Maduro as President of Venezuela this Thursday amid a series of criticisms regarding its impartiality, thereby validating the results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared him the winner of the presidential elections for the constitutional term 2025-2031. In a live hearing, nearly a month [...]

The Nepalese government on Thursday decided to lift the nation’s ban on the social media platform TikTok, according to local media. Local sources said Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, who came into office in July while calling for all social networking sites to be treated equally, led the decision during a cabinet meeting. The ban on [...]

A South Korean prosecution investigation team dismissed anti-graft charges against first lady Kim Keon-hee on Wednesday, according to local media. Kim was previously investigated by South Korean prosecutors for accepting an approximately three million won ($2,255) luxury Dior handbag and other expensive gifts from Choi Jae-young, a Korean-American pastor, in 2022. The Seoul Central District [...]

The Paris Court of Appeals rejected Thursday an appeal to hold Monsanto and fourteen other agrochemical firms for their role in producing Agent Orange for the US armed forces, citing legal immunity from prosecution as they worked at the order of a sovereign government, according to local media.  Agent Orange is a mixture of equal [...]