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Senegal enacts law doubling penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal enacts law doubling penalty for same-sex relations

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed into law legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison amid a crackdown on the country's gay community. The law, which was signed Monday and appeared in the official journal

Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

Afghanistan's Taliban government released a US national on Tuesday who had been detained for more than a year, after a letter from his family requesting his freedom. The foreign ministry said the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme leader of Afghanistan, asking

Ousted Venezuela president to return to New York court

Ousted Venezuela president to return to New York court

Lawyers for the ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro are expected to push for the dismissal of his drug trafficking charges when he appears in a New York court Thursday. The Manhattan hearing comes as Washington cautiously warms ties with Caracas, with the question of who will pay the legal fees

Rights groups fear use of arrest to stifle free speech in Pakistan

Rights groups fear use of arrest to stifle free speech in Pakistan

Mavra Bari had intended to take part in a march for International Women's Day in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, but spent it in a cramped prison cell. What was meant to be a celebration was instead a terrifying 12-hour ordeal in a suffocating space, with a broken

Most voters support more transparency in ICE operations; oppose deportation efforts

(The Center Square) – A slight majority of Americans are opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to locate and deport illegal aliens, while a majority support more transparency in immigration enforcement, according to The Center Square’s Voters’ Voice poll. Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose ICE operations to deport

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year

Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country. The new policy states that “DHS may arrest and detain a refugee who has lived in the United States for at least one year

Senegal parliament doubles penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal parliament doubles penalty for same-sex relations

Senegal's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison amid a crackdown on the country's gay community. The text, which must now be signed into law by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,