Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stated on Tuesday that Sweden is requesting a Chinese ship to return to Swedish seas in order to assist in the investigation of recent breaches of undersea fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, but he made it clear that he was not leveling any charges. On November 17 and 18, two undersea cables—one connecting Sweden to Lithuania and the other connecting Finland and Germany—were destroyed in less than a day, leading German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to claim he believed it was sabotage. Last week, criminal investigations were opened by Sweden, Germany, and Lithuania, focusing on the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3, which departed the Russian port of Ust-Luga on November 15. The ship's coordinates matched the time and location of the breaches, according to...

On Wednesday, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Courts requested that judges issue an arrest warrant for the leader of Myanmar's military administration for crimes against the Rohingya Muslim minority. The deportation and persecution of the Rohingya are alleged to be crimes against humanity committed by Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who succeeded elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup in 2021. In order to avoid what has been described as an ethnic cleansing effort that included mass rapes, massacres, and home burning, over a million people were compelled to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Karim Khan, the court's senior prosecutor, said in a statement from a Bangladeshi refugee camp that he plans to ask for further warrants for Myanmar's leaders shortly. By doing this, w...