2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (660+ words) Women parliamentarians and gender advocates from across West Africa have been urged to support a renewed push for stronger regional action to combat violence against women and girls, with a focus on strengthening laws, improving implementation and fostering cross-border collaboration....

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (866+ words) Kalshi is backing a new bipartisan House bill that would require online sportsbooks and prediction markets to use facial technology to verify that customers are old enough to trade or wager. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) introduced the Facial Recognition to…...

56+ min ago  (363+ words) According to Amnesty International, Zubair Shah Agha, a core committee member of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), was arbitrarily detained on June 28 after attending a press conference organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Quetta over the sentencing of…...

41+ min ago  (663+ words) July 16, 2026 — 10:17am Large Australian companies could face criminal prosecution if they fail to prevent forced labour in their global supply chains under sweeping reforms the Albanese government says will give the country’s modern slavery regime “teeth”. The proposed changes come after…...

7+ hour, 20+ min ago  (506+ words) The president of Turkey wants people he accuses of being behind the failed coup 10 years ago to face the courts there Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a fresh appeal to the UK and other Nato allies to extradite…...

28+ min ago  (474+ words) A memorial site in Houston, after the fatal shooting of Mexican motorist Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent on July 7. The request follows the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (384+ words) Lawmakers seek transparency and answers over the death of an Afghan ally while in ICE custody. Lawmakers seek ICE custody answers: U.S. Reps. Seth Magaziner and Julie Johnson, joined by other Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee, sent a…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (245+ words) eciks.org The outlet was launched by veteran investigative journalists Scahill, Grim, and Nausicaa Renner as a non-aligned news organization focused on war and politics. Since its inception, Drop Site News has published hundreds of articles, videos, and podcast episodes…...

52+ min ago  (464+ words) The Adeboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, Oba Semiudeen Kasali, has urged residents to report cases of sexual and domestic violence, assuring them that the palace would not shield perpetrators. The monarch gave the assurance on Wednesday at his palace shortly after…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago  (452+ words) Five international rights and press freedom organisations have called on Bangladesh to release four journalists arrested after the July Uprising and drop tribunal proceedings linked to their work. In a joint statement on Wednesday, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the…...