63 people were killed and scores wounded after a bomb exploded at a wedding hall in Kabul. Officials have described it as the deadliest attack in Kabul this year. The suicide blast occurred on Saturday evening at around 22:40 local time (18:10 GMT) in the men’s reception area of the
Amnesty International has issued a travel advisory for the U.S., following the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The two shootings which occurred on the same weekend claimed 31 lives. Uruguay, Venezuela and Japan are some of the countries that have also issued travel advisories for
Women in Saudi Arabia can now travel abroad freely without requiring the permission of a guardian. These are some of the changes introduced by the new regulations announced on Friday. The laws are a progressive step towards abolishing laws that make women lesser citizens. The new laws grant women over
On Sunday, authorities reported that 55 pieces of rhino horns were recovered encased in plaster at an airport in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital. The seizure is part of a crackdown operation to unravel the sophisticated smuggling world. Customs officers broke open the plaster moulds after the carefully disguised shipment aroused suspicion.
On 8 July 2019, the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave its verdict on the case against the Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda. The court concluded that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ntaganda was found guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in
Historically, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar -formerly Burma – was under military rule, but established a civilian-led government in 2015. The new government made people hopeful that marginalization based on ethnicity and discrimination against minorities would come to an end. Minority groups felt relatively safe and expected that
Muslims in Sri Lanka now live in fear over the possibility of fresh attacks following remarks by a top Buddhist monk that Muslims, the religious minority in the country, should be stoned. The remarks by Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Thero are likely to fuel communal tensions in the country. Activists, politicians,
Sudan has been completely cut off from the internet in recent times. The blackout has been gradual, with locals originally only experiencing intermittent blackouts, however there is now a total shutdown. The shutdown comes months after President Omar al-Bashir was ousted from power in April after protests had rocked the
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, appealed the court’s rejection to disallow her to continue with investigating alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan since 1 May 2003. In its 12 April 2019 decision, the judges unanimously agreed that starting the investigation now would not serve
On 11 April 2019, President Omar al-Bashir was ousted from power in Sudan following protests that had rocked the country for 16 weeks. President al-Bashir’s resignation marked the end of a three-decade draconian rule, one of the longest in Africa. Al-Bashir came into power through a military coup that toppled
United States President, Donald Trump, said that his administration is considering pardons for two or three American soldiers convicted of war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to The New York Times, the Trump Administration reportedly made requests for expedited reports on the paperwork required to issue pardons including
For the first time in five years, the leader of the elusive Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS), Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has appeared in a propaganda video. In the 18-minute video released by the armed group, Al-Baghdadi acknowledges the defeat of the terror group in the battle
