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Hong Kong Arrest First Individuals on Charges Related to National Security Law

On May 28th, Hong Kong authorities arrested six individuals on charges of alleged sedition under Hong Kong’s new National Security Law (NSL). The six individuals are the first to be arrested under the sedition clause of the NSL. The Hong Kong Secretary for Security, Chris Tang, said that the six were arrested due to connections they had with a Facebook...

British Authorities Discontinue Case Against Individual Charged With Spying for Hong Kong

On May 24th, a prosecutor from the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service notified the court that the case against Matthew Trickett would be “formally discontinued.” Thames Valley Police also said that after an autopsy by the Home Office, they will not treat his death as suspicious on May 22nd. On May 19th, Thames Valley Police found Trickett’s body in a park in...

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Naval Standoff in South Aegean Highlights the Fleeting Détente in Greek-Turkish Relations

The lasting impression of rapprochement between Greece and Turkey in their 50-year dispute over continental shelf delimitation and Turkey’s pursuit of strategic control of the Aegean has been fleeting, as Turkish warships were deployed within the Greek Exclusive Economic...

Houthis Warn of Impending Response to Israeli Strikes

Over the past 24 hours, there has been a notable uptick in messaging by the Houthis warning of an impending response to Israeli strikes that targeted the Yemeni port city of al-Hudaydah last week,...

Ecuador’s ‘Metastasis’ Case Exposes Deep Corruption

Emerson Curipallo, an Ecuadorian judge who was responsible for the release of Jorge Glas and two trusted hitmen of Leandro Norero, a notorious drug lord and close ally to Los Lobos whose death kick-started...