Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Panama and the United Kingdom called on Libyan factions Wednesday to revive a political process stalled by deadlock. The joint statement, issued in New York ahead of a UN Security Council session on Libya, also pressed for climate risk integration into national planning and stronger disaster management.
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, established in 2009, operates without investigative powers or binding decisions, hobbling its response to crises like Myanmar's Rohingya persecution and cross-border migrant worker trafficking. Experts call for reforms by 2030 to grant it stronger enforcement tools.
Jean-Luc Brunel, a top modeling agency executive and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, secretly negotiated in 2016 to testify against the financier with photographic evidence but abruptly halted cooperation after Epstein learned of the talks. Newly released Justice Department files detail how the potential star witness went silent, paving the way for more alleged crimes before Epstein's 2019 arrest.
The FBI has names and photos of people matching the masked suspect seen on surveillance video outside Nancy Guthrie's home the night she vanished, according to reports. The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson-area residence on January 31.
Investigators recovered biological evidence, including DNA not belonging to Nancy Guthrie, during a search of her Tucson, Arizona home this week. The 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie vanished from the property on February 1, prompting a reward now at $202,500 for information on her whereabouts or her captor's arrest.
A Herefordshire off-licence and vape shop linked to organised crime has lost its alcohol sales licence with no chance of reinstatement. The Ledbury Convenience Store, trading as Mr Vape, faced revocation after authorities seized illegal cigarettes and tobacco last November.
Firefighters from West Midlands Fire Service tackled a factory blaze on Bentley Road South in Darlaston early Thursday, scaling back from six to three pumps after initial response. Officials urged the public to avoid the area around the incident that started at 5:27 a.m.
Two North Korean prisoners of war captured in Ukraine have publicly expressed desperation to defect to South Korea, forcing Seoul into a delicate balancing act between humanitarian aid and diplomatic risks. Their unblurred televised interviews have ignited calls for swift government action.
Thailand's Central Investigation Bureau arrested a 23-year-old man accused of human trafficking and producing child sexual abuse material with two boys aged 13 and 15. Officers tracked him down at a petrol station in Yasothon province after a social media probe.
Pakistan summoned the Afghan deputy head of mission in Islamabad on Wednesday and issued a strong demarche to the Taliban regime over a suicide bombing in Bajaur that killed 11 soldiers. The Foreign Office blamed the attack on the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, whose leadership operates from Afghan soil.
The New START treaty limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals expires February 5, 2026, ending the last major arms control agreement between the superpowers. Russia holds 4,309 warheads to the U.S.'s 3,700, with China rapidly expanding toward 1,000 by 2030, according to U.S. defense assessments.
A British couple from East Essex face 10 years in an Iranian prison after conviction on espionage charges they deny. Lindsay and Craig Foreman learned of the sentence last week following a three-hour trial where they could not present a defense.
Mitchell Shire Council starts installing new CCTV cameras and upgrading existing ones at 13 key sites across the municipality on February 23, 2026. The $750,000 project, funded by a federal safety grant, targets town centers, sports facilities and community hubs to boost public safety.
India's Narcotics Control Bureau seized 4.776 kilograms of cocaine valued at Rs 23.88 crore from a Brazilian national at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport. The drugs were hidden inside cloth pieces in a suitcase carried by the suspect arriving from Doha.
A 31-year-old Sydney man faces terrorism charges after police discovered extremist material on his phone seized during a routine traffic stop last year. The man, from Bass Hill, also faces weapons charges following a raid on his home.