The Vatican City State Tribunal on Saturday delayed the child abuse trial of former papal diplomat Józef Wesołowski due to an “unexpected illness” that resulted in hospitalization. The accused, formerly stationed in the Dominican Republic, is charged with pedophilia and possession of child pornography. Reports that Wesolowski roamed the streets of the Dominican in search [...]
A Belgian court on Thursday found the co-founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) not guilty of copyright infringement and electronic communications abuse. According to the Mechelse court , the prosecution failed to prove that co-founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Fredrik Neij, former website representative Peter Sunde and website investor Carl Lundström were [...]
Greece’s parliament on Saturday voted to accept the economic reforms rejected by the government last week. According to Greek media reports , the Saturday morning vote was led by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras , who vocally supported voting against accepting the proposed bailout deal in last week’s referendum. The vote by a divided parliament [...]
Israel has decided to open a dialogue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on an investigation into Israel’s conduct in the Gaza Strip last summer according to a Thursday report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. An unnamed Israeli official told Haaretz that the ICC has no authority to hear the Palestinian claim because Palestine is not [...]
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state’s legislature. The South Carolina Senate approved the bill Tuesday It was then introduced in the South Carolina House for approval. The amendment states that the only flags allowed on state grounds will be the US [...]
India’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the country’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to a college admission and government job recruitment scandal. The so-called “Vyapam Scam” alleges corruption by members of the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) stating that board members [...]
Officials from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unleashed a “reign of terror” in North Korea by executing more than 90 officials since taking power in 2011. This number of executions has far surpassed the amount of executions by his late father, Kim Jong II, who [...]
Thailand on Thursday deported 109 Uighurs back to China despite international warnings that the refugees will experience severe treatment upon returning. Significant opposition to the decision erupted as pro-Uighur protesters attacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul, leading to security forces pepper spraying the crowd.
Ugandan police on Thursday arrested two presidential candidates planning on challenging current President Yoweri Museveni . Former Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi , who had announced his intention to run for president last month and was arrested while campaigning for a presidential bid for the National Resistance Movement , the same party Museveni belongs to. [...]
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new rules requiring cities and towns to address racial disparities in their housing practices. The new rules, announced at a press conference in Chicago by Secretary Julian Castro of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) , aim to bring current housing practices in line with the [...]
