In a speech to the foreign press, the Taiwanese leader hailed 30 years of democracy on the island, starting with the 1996 elections. He urged the US to unfreeze the US$ 14 billion arms sale, which has already been approved by Congress. Opposition leader Cheng Li-wun, just back from a visit to the United States, said that Trump’s position on his return from Beijing is “fairly consistent” with that of her party.
The Supreme Court suspended the sentence of the Cambodian dissident and opposition leader and reduced it from four to three years; it also barred him from running for and holding office. Rong slammed the authorities for trying to exclude him from local elections in 2027 and the general election in 2028.
A report by Center for the Study of Organised Hate, a US-based think tank, documents how YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and Meta are profiting from hundreds of songs that incite violence against religious minorities in India, violating their own guidelines.
Husband and wife, caretakers of a gurdwara, were ambushed and shot dead. Investigators have not ruled out a religiously motivated murder. Concern amongst the Sikh and Hindu minority communities. Fr Shakeel Gulzar: an attack on peace, religious harmony and humanity.
A local study has found that children in the capital of Bangladesh spend an average of almost five hours a day on their smartphones, with consequences for their health. Catholic educators are concerned: “The problem is becoming increasingly evident, from urban classrooms to family life.”
Israel's Higher Planning Council has unilaterally assumed authority over construction, approving a new dormitory. The World Council of Churches condemns the expropriation of land adjacent to the Orthodox monastery of Saint Onuphrius in Silwan. Eight Arab and Muslim countries slam the burning of two mosques in the West Bank. Bedouin herding communities are also targeted.
