Media Coverage

UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has ordered a review of the United Kingdom’s counterterrorism strategy on how to best tackle threats by “extremist ideologies” including misogyny. Other ideological trends to be investigated by the Home Office include “Islamism” and far-right “extremism.” Cooper said...

Peru’s government on August 9 enacted a law that prevents the prosecution of crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that favors former President Alberto Fujimori as well as hundreds of military personnel investigated or prosecuted for massacres and murders during the country’s...

The European Union and the United States on August 9 marked the fourth anniversary of massive protests in Belarus by calling for the release of all political prisoners and voicing support for the Belarusian people. The 2020 election, widely seen as fraudulent both at home and abroad, gave Belarusian...

On Aug. 4, 2020, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate detonated in a Beirut Port warehouse. The gigantic blast tore through the Lebanese capital, killing at least 218 people and wounding more than 6,000 others, according to an AP count. The blast stunned the nation and a probe by a maverick...

The Accountability Watch Committee in Nepal, a rights group, on August 9 said the bill to amend the Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act contains serious errors. In a statement, the committee urged the authorities concerned to address the issues before the bill is endorsed...

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors said that they are “actively monitoring” events in Venezuela, where security forces have launched a crackdown on the opposition in the aftermath of the nation’s disputed presidential election. Forces loyal to President Nicolás Maduro have rounded up...

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 10-day ban on social media platform X amid an uproar in the country over a disputed election. Accusing X owner Elon Musk of “inciting hate and fascism”, Maduro said he signed a resolution presented by telecommunications regulator Conatel which “has...

Senior United Nations officials appealed to the Security Council on August 6 for help in getting humanitarian aid access in Sudan "across borders, across battle lines, by air, by land" to fight famine that has taken hold in at least one site in North Darfur. The United States last month suggested...

Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is set to return to Dhaka on August 8 to be sworn in as his country’s interim leader, after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India following widespread protests against her government. The Bangladesh military’s swift appointment of...

Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González will not appear before the country’s high court for a hearing related to an election audit requested by President Nicolás Maduro, his campaign said. Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice on Monday ordered González, who represented the main...