South Korean prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon over martial law declaration: 'Self-coup'

An independent counsel demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges over ...

South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was removed from office in April and is in jail, faces eight trials over ...
Syrian Arab News Agency

President al-Sharaa issues decree that confirms Kurds as basic part of Syrian people

President Ahmad Al‑Sharaa issued on Friday  Decree No. (13) of 2026 affirming that Syrian Kurdish citizens are an integral ...
Business Insider

The leader of South Korea's opposition first thought the president's martial law declaration was a deepfake

South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law in a televised address on Tuesday. Lee Jae-myung of the liberal Democratic Party told CNN he thought it was a digital fake. Lee went viral ...
Kurdistan 24

Syrian Interim President Issues Decree Affirming Kurdish Identity And Rights

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 13 of 2026 recognizing Kurds as an integral part of the Syrian people, ...
Middle East Eye

Syrian Kurds seek constitutional recognition after rights decree

At the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011, President Bashar al-Assad's government granted citizenship to thousands of ...

Prosecutor says former South Korean leader should face death sentence over marital law decree

Yoon is the first South Korean president to face a potential death penalty after leaving office, since former military strongman Chun Doo-hwan in 1996 was sentenced to death for leading a military ...
UPI

South Korea's martial law decree lifted

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (UPI) --South Korea's National Assembly voted early Wednesday morning to lift the martial law imposed by President Yoon Suk Yeol, the evening before, when he declared the opposition ...
PBS

Defending martial law decree, South Korea’s Yoon vows to fight attempts to impeach him

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree as an act of governance and denied rebellion charges, vowing Thursday to “fight to the end” in response ...
New York Post

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office over ill-fated declaration of martial law

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up an election to find a new leader, four months after ...
Seattle Times

What’s next: South Korean leader’s martial law declaration threatens his political career

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning martial law declaration lasted just hours, but experts say it raised serious questions about his ability to govern for the remaining 2 1/2 ...
Yahoo

Louisville consent decree: 5 key takeaways from the first federal court hearing

Asserting that he would not be “a rubber stamp,” U.S. Western District Court Judge Benjamin Beaton pressed U.S. Department of Justice and Louisville Metro Government officials on Monday over the ...