In a significant defence of Malaysia’s judicial independence, its highest court has upheld the conviction of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, ending his attempt to overturn a 12-year prison sentence. In its judgement, the Federal Court found Razak’s allegations of biased trial proceedings “inherently inconsistent,” and declared that Razak had
Last Friday, Russian gas giant Gazprom announced the indefinite shutdown of Nordstream 1, a critical artery for European gas importation. This is the latest in a series of energy cuts which have led to soaring energy bills and inflation rates. Since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU
Myanmar’s military government has approved of and carried out the execution of four pro-democracy activists, in the country’s first use of the death penalty in over three decades. The sentences, which were carried out on the 23rd of July, reflect the rapid decline in civil liberties since the imprisonment of
In a public address marking his 100th day in office, President Yoon Suk-yeol reaffirmed South Korea’s commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) while revealing that his administration is willing to significantly increase aid to the North in exchange for an end to their nuclear ambitions. Days earlier, Mr. Yoon unveiled
18 people were killed and 34 were injured after security forces opened fire on a group of over 500 people outside a police station in the southern Madagascan town of Ikongo. The mob was attempting to reach four men under arrest for the kidnapping of a child with albinism and
