The Danish PM Mette Frederiksen was assaulted in the streets of Copenhagen on Friday, according to local media. The Copenhagen police announced on X that they had made an arrest relating to the “incident” involving the PM, which occurred in Copenhagen’s Kultorvet square. The police provided no further comments. Reactions from fellow EU officials supporting [...]

A local court in the Indian city of Bengaluru granted bail on Friday to Rahul Gandhi, a prominent leader from the opposition Indian National Congress (INC), in a defamation case filed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate allowed Gandhi’s bail application. In its order, the court said, “The alleged [...]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Thursday a District Court’s ruling to return books to a Texas public library after they were removed because of their viewpoint and content. This was a partial victory for the plaintiffs, as eight of the 17 banned books are to be returned to shelves. [...]

Several Dutch political parties reported a cyber attack on their websites Thursday, on the first day of the European Parliament elections. Three parties were specifically targeted in an attack claimed by a pro-Russian hacker collective. Early on Thursday morning, several party websites were inaccessible to Dutch voters. The Christian Democratic Party (CDA) announced the cyber [...]

The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) Thursday submitted a formal complaint to Scotland Yard’s War Crimes Unit, accusing an unnamed British-born Israeli ex-government official of severe violations of international law. The allegations in their complaint revolve around abetting, inciting, and conspiring with the Israeli government to commit acts that amount to war crimes, [...]

Amnesty International (Amnesty) called on Thursday for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) de facto authorities to withdraw their forces from the Yemeni Women’s Union Center, which is the only women’s shelter in Aden. The STC took over the center in an attack on May 26. According to the human rights group, armed men, accompanied [...]

The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) union filed complaints against Saudi Arabia with the UN’s International Labor Organization (ILO) claiming that at least 21,000 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia suffered from severe human rights abuses and wage theft for over 10 years mainly by two now-liquidated Saudi companies. According to BWI’s Wednesday complaints, Saudi [...]

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns formally apologized in Parliament House on Thursday to all those convicted or affected by laws that criminalized homosexuality, which was decriminalized 40 years ago. New South Wales is the last Australian state to apologize for these laws. Victoria and South Australia apologized in 2016, followed by the other three [...]

The US imposed visa restrictions on dozens of Georgian officials on Thursday, just three days after Georgia’s parliament enacted its controversial “foreign agent” law. The restrictions apply to between “two and three dozen” unnamed members of the Georgian Dream party, members of parliament, law enforcement officials, and private citizens. US Department of State Spokesperson Matthew [...]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Thursday that Germany will start deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria after a knife attack by an Afghan immigrant last week left one police officer dead and four more people injured, in a speech to the country’s parliament. Germany does not currently deport people to Afghanistan and Syria due to [...]