The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken Egyptian poet and dissident Abdul Rahman Yusuf Al Qaradawi into custody following his extradition from Lebanon. Abdul Rahman is accused of involvement in activities designed to incite turmoil and threaten public security. According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Thursday, January 9, the extradition was carried out … Read more
Montenegrin Justice Minister Bojan Bozovic has ordered the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, also wanted by South Korea, to the United States, the ministry said Friday. A South Korean national, Kwon is the former CEO of South Korea-based Terraform Labs, the company behind the stablecoin TrraUSD that collapsed in May 2022, roiling cryptocurrency … Read more
A Danish court said on Thursday it had rejected a request by India for the extradition of a Danish national wanted over a 1995 weapons smuggling case, citing the risk of human rights breaches. India has for years sought to have Niels Holck extradited to stand trial on suspicion of supplying a West Bengal rebel … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he sees a new opening to engage with India in the wake of that country’s election, which returned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to office for a third term. “Now that he’s through his election, I think there is an opportunity for us to engage, including on some very serious issues … Read more
The JD(S) leadership has suspended Prajwal from the party. (File Photo: X@iPrajwalRevanna) Karnataka government requests cancellation of MP Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport over sexual abuse charges. MEA processing request The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is processing a letter from the Karnataka government for the cancellation of the diplomatic passport of MP Prajwal Revanna, who … Read more
After a gap of two years, India and the United States are expected to hold the Homeland Security Dialogue on February 28, 2024, officials have said. Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla will lead the talks with his US counterpart. The two sides are expected to discuss cooperation in counterterrorism, cyber security, illegal mobility, extradition, aviation … Read more
The project is called “Dead Man’s Switch,” and the “dead man” in question is the Australian WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, who is currently jailed on remand in London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison. In 2010, WikiLeaks published a spate of leaks from the Army private Chelsea Manning about U.S. military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan. After Sweden … Read more
