Aichi will become the first prefecture in Japan to recognize sexual minorities and common-law couples and their children as families under a “family ship” oath system that will come into effect on April 1.
Ihar Lednik, a Belarusian journalist who was sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko, had passed away in prison.
The UN human rights body stated in a report released on Friday that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem constitute a "war crime".
The European Union has evacuated all its personnel from Haiti, where the capital, Port-au-Prince, is facing a severe security crisis due to a spiral of violence unleashed by armed gangs clashing with the police.
The leader of the far-right in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, announced on Wednesday that he will be unable to form a government despite his electoral victory in November, due to lack of support from parties with which he sought to form a coalition.
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – who died in mid-February in an Arctic prison – called on the international community not to recognize the results of Russia’s elections, scheduled for this weekend.
The school year began on Wednesday in Afghanistan, albeit without the girls whom the Taliban barred from classes starting from the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education.
The owner of a popular gay bar in the Russian city of Orenburg has been arrested for “extremism,” according to rights groups on Sunday, at a time when authorities are cracking down on the LGBTQ community.
In a judicial ruling, the magistrate of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, referred to the “criminal instrumentalization of X” by Elon Musk.
An Oklahoma bill aiming to establish a comprehensive database of individuals who have undergone abortions has advanced one step closer to becoming law.