By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan's capital sentenced seven people, including three journalists, two YouTubers and two retired army officers, to life imprisonment on Friday, after convicting them of inciting violence during riots in 2023 and spreading ...
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major shift in its legal landscape.
Since proclaiming ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia 31 years ago could this year become the last part of Australia to secure the same legal reform as the Northern Territory government on Friday announced plans to ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Northern Territory government in Australia plans to legislate for doctor-assisted dying for a second time. The territory became the first place in the world to legalize voluntary euthanasia 31 years ago. The laws were overturned ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday.
Russian ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday hailed his country's technological progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and semiconductors while once again insisting his country would annex self-ruled Taiwan.
During his New Year's ...