Burma’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year.The conscription measure was activated on Saturday by order of the chairman of the…

A South Korean court on Wednesday convicted three former police officers of destroying internal files and other evidence in an attempted cover-up after a Halloween crowd crush that killed nearly 160 people in the capital, Seoul, in 2022. They were the first convictions over the deaths.The high death toll was…

An appeals court in Paris has upheld the guilty verdict against former French President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid.Sarkozy was convicted in September 2021 and sentenced to a year of house arrest, allowed to serve it at home with an electronic monitoring bracelet.The…

The United Nations fears that a U.S. decision to return Yemen’s Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups could harm the war-torn country’s economy, particularly commercial imports of essential items, a senior U.N. aid official said on Wednesday.The U.S. move, announced last month, takes effect on Friday and hits…

American forces have carried out a self-defense strike this week targeting a “mobile anti-ship cruise missile” in Yemen that “was prepared to launch against ships in the Red Sea.” U.S. Central Command said the missile, which was in “Iranian-backed Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen,” was struck around 2:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Then,…

Poland’s president has met the CEO of U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin about strengthening security in the region and continued U.S. investment in Poland’s military weapons and equipment, the country’s National Security Bureau said Wednesday.POLISH DOCTOR ‘SAFE AND SOUND’ AFTER BEING FREED FROM KIDNAPPERS IN CHAD The bureau in a post…

Human rights organizations in Venezuela on Wednesday demanded the release of a prominent attorney and activist whose detention last week has heightened concerns over the government’s use of repression against real and perceived adversaries.The representatives of several rights groups expressed concern over Rocío San Miguel’s well-being and condemned her inability…

Haiti’s government announced Wednesday that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the long-awaited deployment of a police force from the east African country.High-ranking officials from both countries met in the U.S. for three days this week to draft a memorandum of understanding and set…

An Army dietitian from Illinois has died in Kuwait following an incident not related to combat, military officials said Wednesday.Lt. Col. Troy E. Bartley of Alton, Illinois, died Sunday at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, the U.S. Army Reserve Command said. Bartley, 57, was assigned to the 3rd Medical Command (Forward),…

Italian police on Wednesday raided the homes of 24 people under investigation for promoting fascism during a gathering at a restaurant in the Jewish quarter of Ferrara during which they lauded dictators Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.The suspects were all residents of the northern Italian city in their 20s and…