A plane intended to transport several former Latin American heads of state was denied permission to take off from Panama to Venezuela on Friday. These leaders intended to monitor Venezuela’s upcoming elections on Sunday. The President of Panama, Jose Raul Mulino, stated that the plane was barred from flying due to airspace restrictions imposed by…
The ASEAN summit concluded after three days of discussions on Saturday, focusing on the violence in Myanmar and tensions in the South China Sea. Chaired by Laos’ Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, the meeting included representatives from the US, Russia, and China. Myanmar’s post-coup humanitarian crisis was a central issue of the summit. ASEAN issued a…
Law firm strategy has never been so focused on mega scale as it is today, writes the Global Lawyer. Recent developments at Dentons, which has nearly 6,000 lawyers and operates in 82 countries, highlight the trend toward consolidation in the legal sector. For additional insights into this evolving landscape, read the full article on Law.com.
Israel struck a school in central Gaza on Saturday, and the Hamas-run health ministry reported that the attack injured 100 and killed at least 30 Palestinians. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated on Telegram that the school was being used as a Hamas command and control center along with a cache of weapons. The IDF…
Bangladesh authorities forcibly removed three student leaders from a hospital where they were receiving treatment for injuries allegedly sustained during police detention on Friday. The leaders—Nahid Islam, Asif Mahmud, and Abu Baker Majumder—are part of Students Against Discrimination, a group at the forefront of protests against government job quotas. These protests have escalated into violent…
At least 25 people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded in an attack by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) this Saturday on the city of El-Fasher in western Darfur, local pro-democracy activists El-Fasher Resistance Committees shared on Facebook. In their post, the Resistance Committees accused the militia of “indiscriminately shelling the city’s neighborhoods with heavy…
A Thailand court imposed an additional four-year imprisonment on activist and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa for defaming the Thai royal family and violating the Computer Crime Act through two social media posts made between January and April 2021. The court found Arnon guilty of using Facebook in early 2021 to disseminate false claims that…