6 countries from Southeast Asia and Oceania gathered in the city of Manado of Indonesia this past Saturday (July 29th) to tackle the spread of Islamic State extremism and violence in the region. Co-hosted by Indonesia and Australia, the inaugural summit also brought together ministers from the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei,
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) has made international headlines with a legislative agenda that has the country’s judiciary in its crosshairs. A series of PiS-backed court reform bills successfully passed through the Parliament’s Congress and Senate earlier this month, including one that would force every non-Parliament-appointed judge to
At least 26 people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the Lahore vegetable market bombing on Monday, according to BBC News. The explosion hit Ferozepur Road, a busy main road in the eastern Pakistani city. At the time, the market was filled with police officers, who were
In London, on July 22, Rashan Charles, a 20-year-old father, died from injuries sustained during an incident with police officers, reports Al Jazeera. Charles is not the first high-profile death due to an incident with police. In fact, Edson Da Costa, another young black father, also died while in the
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda surprised many when he vetoed two out of three controversial laws aimed at reforming the judiciary tabled by his own party, Law and Justice (PiS). Duda’s rejection of the laws marks his first break with PiS’s radical agenda since his election in late 2015. His decision
Earlier this week, BBC World news reported on a revenge-rape incident that occurred in Muzaffarabad, in the province of Punjab in southern Pakistan. The local jirga (council of elders) ordered the teenager to be raped in front of her family as the result of another case brought to the council.
Situated between the fourth and fifth rings of Beijing, mere miles away from prominent monuments and tourist destinations, an underground city of trash resides in the Xiaotangshan Town of Changping district. Human excrement lies parallel to fields of crops, and the river adjacent to the landfill has become polluted by
