Austria has officially transformed Adolf Hitler's birthplace into a police station in a landmark effort to prevent the historic building from becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis. After years of political debate, legal battles, and public controversy, the government completed the €23 million project in Braunau am Inn, replacing the building's dark legacy with a symbol of democracy, law, and public security.

The former birthplace of Hitler has now become a district police headquarters, while the memorial stone reading "Never Again Fascism" remains outside the building. Authorities say the move is intended to strip the property of its symbolic value for extremist groups. However, Holocaust survivor organizations remain divided, arguing that the building should instead have served as a permanent educational memorial.

Austria converts Hitler's birthplace into police station | Nazi legacy erased? | Wion 

The UN General Assembly approved a seasoned Austrian diplomat on Thursday to serve as the organization's human rights chief and its spokesperson for upholding universal rights at a time when the office is facing harsh criticism from China for charging Beijing with mistreating Muslim minorities.

UN appoints Austria’s Volker Türk as new human rights chief

An eight-metre copper statue entitled "Pillar of Shame" was erected in front of Denmark's parliament in central Copenhagen on Thursday (January 23) to express solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

Danish sculpture erected in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters

Colombian unions and student groups marked a third national strike on Wednesday (December 4) with marches, chants and dancing, ahead of additional dialog between protest leaders and the government over President Ivan Duque's social and economic policies.

Ten of thousands of protesters mark third national strike in Colombia

Supporters of Azzedine Mihoubi, a former Algerian culture minister who is running for president in December's election, gathered on Wednesday (December 4) for a rally as the corruption trial of senior officials including two former prime ministers began.

'Algeria needs all its children,' says Mihoubi supporters as election looms

Talks between the Colombian government and the unions and student organizations that are planning major protests this week ended without advances on Tuesday (December 03), as the country prepares for its third national strike since late November.

Talks between Colombia strike committee, government end in deadlock

Two Havana department stores began on Monday (December 02) to give change only in pesos, instead of the local dollar equivalent known as the convertible peso, in another step toward ending Cuba's dual monetary system.

Cuba takes another swipe at dual currency system

The United States on Monday (November 18) effectively backed Israel's right to build Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank by abandoning its four-decade position that they were "inconsistent with international law."

"West Bank settlements are not inconsistent with International Law" - Pompeo

Shops were shuttered and streets barricaded in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz on Thursday (November 7) as opposition supporters go on strike to pressure President Evo Morales to resign over contentious election results, and with no end in sight to the deadlock, locals are finding it tough.

Bolivian city shuts down in protest amidst election tensions

South Korea fired back at Japan over a deepening trade dispute on Friday (August 2), pledging it would not be "defeated again" by its neighbour, laying bare decades-old animosity at the root of a row over fast-track export status.

South Korea's Moon pledges action against Japan's "unfair" trade move