Pakistan’s media regulating body banned the airing of speeches and press conferences by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, claiming he is targeting state institutions and encouraging hatred. The move is being heavily criticized by human rights and freedom of speech advocates.

Despite being under attack by Russia, Ukrainian police took part in an international operation that targeted a criminal group responsible for large-scale cyberattacks worldwide.

The United Nations have agreed on a common framework for establishing marine protected areas on the high seas in a move celebrated as a breakthrough in the fight to stop overfishing and preserve marine biodiversity.

Police fired tear gas at thousands of protesters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi on Tuesday as lawmakers passed on first reading the controversial “foreign agent” bill which many fear could be used to crack down on independent media and civil society.

A single father, who was arrested last week and then put under house arrest in Russia because his 12-year-old daughter Masha drew an antiwar picture in school, has not yet been reunited with his daughter, Russian media reported Monday.

A Greek court found former anti-corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki not guilty of dereliction of duty and abuse of power which she was accused of after her investigation into bribes paid by Swiss pharmaceutical producer Novartis to Greek top officials touched political allies of PM Kyriacos Mitsotakis.

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape said Sunday he had ordered a government probe after an OCCRP investigation revealed questionable offshore payments apparently linked to top officials at the country’s state ports company.

A court in Belarus sent on Friday Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski behind bars for 10 years for recording human rights breaches in his country, an activity qualified by the court as organized crime, the Human Rights Center Viasna (Spring) announced.

A woman who fled to Montenegro last year to avoid a prison sentence for her role in a COVID-19 relief fund scam has been extradited to the United States to serve for fraudulently obtaining more than US$20 million, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Wednesday that it had sanctioned three entities and two individuals for illicitly generating revenue in support of the North Korean government.