At least twelve members of Ecuador’s LGBTI+ community have been murdered so far in 2026, according to a manifesto released by the advocacy organization Silueta X, which warned of escalating violence and
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order recommending the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, a move that could mark one of the most significant shifts in U.S. drug
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The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has issued a stark warning to Pakistan, urging immediate action after receiving reports that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being held in
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Belgium has warned it could take legal action if the European Union overrides its national veto to seize frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, intensifying diplomatic tensions ahead of a planned EU
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The Trump administration is pressing the International Criminal Court to amend its founding statute to ensure it cannot prosecute President Donald Trump or his senior officials once his term ends in 2029,
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by Luxman Aravind Nine days after Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka’s coast, the public woke to the unexpected sight of a United States military team landing in the country under the banner of
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by Luxman Aravind As of late morning on 3 December 2025, four hundred and seventy-four people are confirmed dead and a further three hundred and fifty-six remain unaccounted for. That number is
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A sanctioned Russian-Israeli billionaire is suing the British government in a high-stakes international arbitration case, challenging measures imposed on him after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Alfa-Bank and
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Lady Brenda Hale’s With the Law on Our Side arrives at a moment when public confidence in democratic institutions is increasingly fragile and governments across liberal democracies are testing the limits of
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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will remain in detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after appeals judges on Friday rejected arguments from his defense team that the 80-year-old should be released
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On November 18, 2025, Madvi Hidma aka Hidmanna aka Santosh (51), second-in-command in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ranks, a Central Committee Member (CCM), Commander of the Central Military Commission and of the elite People’s
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