The Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh is facing increasing violence and insecurity from criminal gangs and Islamist armed groups operating within the refugee camps, as Bangladeshi authorities fall short in their duty to provide adequate support and protection, claims a report published by Human Rights Watch.
Authorities are cracking down on youth criminal gangs that pray on individuals who may be seeking a sense of belonging, protection, or excitement.
The United States sanctioned an additional 10 individuals and entities linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most dangerous drug trafficking organizations and a top offender in the sale of the deadly opioid known as fentanyl.
As mass graves are uncovered in Sudan, the authorities of the United Kingdom announced that it has sanctioned businesses associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival military groups within the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The European Union (EU) is taking its final steps toward protecting journalists and activists from abusive lawsuits that are used to intimidate and penalize journalists, media organizations, human rights defenders, activists, researchers, and artists.
A Kyrgyz court approved an agreement on Wednesday that allows the local branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to resume its work in the country, nine months after the government shut it down due to a video officials disliked.
The United States sanctioned the pro-Russian head of Serbia's State Security and Information Agency (BIA) on Tuesday, accusing him of corruption and actions that "facilitate Russian malign activities in Serbia and the region."
Australia’s federal court ordered the country’s largest gambling and entertainment group to pay a penalty of AUD450 million (US$300.3 million) for violating several anti-money laundering laws.
A week after launching an armed rebellion, exchanging harsh words with Moscow, and being exiled to another country, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, along with 34 of his commanders, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to present his reasons.
Spanish authorities have dismantled a sex trafficking ring that enslaved women and forced them to take drugs. Police detained four people, accusing them of luring vulnerable women through relatives and online prostitution platforms and exploiting them.