Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (NIMMIWG) has found the country is complicit in “race-based genocide” against the Indigenous People.

The report identified that indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be killed or to disappear than other women in Canada. In total, the inquiry cost over C$92 million and heard over 2,300 testimonies which included survivors of violence and family members.

<p>The Indian government has revised a controversial draft bill following strong opposition from the southern state of Tamil Nadu.</p> <p>The education bill that looked to make Hindi a mandatory third language across the country, removed specifying Hindi as the third language.</p> <p>The removal has not completely quelled tensions in Tamil Nadu, as the introduction of a third compulsory language is stills seen as a method to impose Hindi.</p>

<p>Security forces in Sudan have used live ammunition to disperse protesters in the capital, Khartoum.</p> <p>The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, a medical group affiliated with the protesters said 13 people have been killed and hundreds injured.</p> <p>Protesters have been staging a sit-in for several weeks now, demanding an end to military rule since the fall of Omar al-Bashir in April.</p>

<p>Former foreign secretary and Ambassador to the US, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, has been appointed as India’s foreign minister, in what marks the first time a diplomat has been appointed as foreign minister without running for election.</p>

<p>Carles Puigdemont, an&nbsp;exiled Catalan leader, has been denied access to the European Parliament after he was successfully elected as an MEP in the recent European election. &nbsp;</p> <p>Puigdemont told his supporters on Twitter that he, as well as Catalan minister Toni Comin,&nbsp; were prohibited access to the parliament by the secretary-general.&nbsp;</p>

Amnesty International has found that Myanmar's army is committing new war crimes against ethnic Rakhine rebels. 

Photograph: Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch (HRW) say that Egyptian security forces and militants in the Sinai governorate, Egypt are responsible for crimes against humanity.

Photograph: Human Rights Watch

<p>The British Prime Minister has announced that she will step down as Conservative leader on June 7th, in a press address today.</p> <p>In a statement made in front of 10 Downing Street the Prime Minister said that it was with ‘deep regret’ that she had made the decision to step down after failing to secure parliamentary backing on her Brexit deal.</p> <p>The Conservative Party said that a new leader could be in place by the end of July.</p>

<p>The bombing of a mosque on Friday in Pakistan’s western city, Quetta, has killed 3 people and wounded 28, leaving three in a critical condition.</p> <p>Abdul Razzaq Cheema, Quetta’s police chief, told reporters that the attack occurred before Friday prayers. The local police officer, Tauseef Farman, reported that an explosive device went off next to the prayer leader, who was among the killed.</p>

Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is to secure a second five-year term with a resounding majority.

Results so far project that the BJP is set to win over 300 of the 543 seats in parliament, while the main opposition led by Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party is expected to win fewer than 100.  

Modi’s victory is certain but results are still being declared. Rahul Gandhi has accepted defeat and congratulated Modi on his win during a press conference.  

Britain lost a vote at the United Nations General Assembly, urging Britain to withdraw its colonial administration from the Chagos Islands within six months.

Photograph: UN News

<p>Six people have been killed and 200 injured during protests in Jakarta, Indonesia, against the official election results of last month’s election which declared Joko Widodo as president.</p> <p>National Police spokesperson, Dedi Prasetyo, said that police were checking reports of casualties but stressed that the police and military personnel present at the protests were not equipped with live bullets.</p>

<p>Penny Mordaunt, the new defence secretary, has promised to introduce an amnesty against prosecution of British soldiers for alleged offences committed in the course of duty more than ten years ago covering wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and aorund the world&nbsp;but not in Northern Ireland.</p>

<p>Colombia’s Revolutionary Alternative Common Force (FARC) accused the far right of assassinating its members, whilst pledging to continue the process of peace and integration into politics.</p> <p>The statement came after, the FARC’s most senior commander Jorge Enrique Corredor was shot dead, on Tuesday.</p>