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A series of documents from US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials published on Friday made public the agency’s recommendation that cannabis be reclassified to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, which would allow cannabis to be prescribed by medical professionals. The grounds for the rescheduling recommendation, said officials in a formal [...]

The United Nations (UN) deployed peacekeepers to the northwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) after a deadly attack last week that killed 23 civilians. According to a Wednesday report from the UN, the 3R rebel group was allegedly responsible for the attack which occurred in the Nzakoundou village. The peacekeepers were sent to “strengthen [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ruling that there are no reasonable grounds, with currently available evidence, for believing that Khan wrongfully communicated confidential information but there are sufficient grounds for further inquiry. Imran Khan is charged with wrongful communication of official confidential information under section 5 of [...]

Editors’ note: Amid surging violence between Hamas and Israeli forces, JURIST is seeking perspectives from around the world. Neither this nor other commentaries in this series constitute JURIST editorial policy, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team. The 21st century is marked by globalization and Americanization, with transnational law under US [...]

Antisemitic incidents have more than quadrupled in Germany since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the start of the war in Gaza, according to a Tuesday report from the civil society group of Department for Research and Information on Antisemitism (RIAS) Berlin. RIAS Berlin documented a 320 percent surge in antisemitic incidents in Germany [...]

In this first-of-its-kind JURIST “global dispatch” on a single topic, 15 law students and young lawyers from around the world, all of them JURIST correspondents from outside of Israel and Palestine, join together to offer a  panoramic view of how the current Gaza conflict is unfolding in their countries and regions. Beyond the headlines, they [...]

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a request Tuesday for an emergency seal of evidence related to the Georgia election interference case against former US President Donald Trump and multiple former Trump attorneys and staff members. The filing comes amid major evidentiary leaks, published by ABC News and The Washington Post, of video interrogations [...]

A Texas woman pleaded guilty on Friday to a charge of making threats against US District Court for the Southern District of Florida judge Aileen Cannon. Cannon currently oversees former President Donald Trump’s legal disputes around documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago, Florida residence. Tiffani Shea Gish pleaded guilty to one charge of  interstate communications with [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a response Monday to a motion from former president Donald Trump’s legal team asking a Florida judge to adjourn the trial date in his classified documents case. Filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith, the DOJ’s response outlines various reasons as to why Trump’s motion, which his co-defendants joined, [...]

French journalist Ariane Lavrilleux was arrested Tuesday by the French General Directorate of Internal Security (CGSI) following a complaint that her 2021 co-authored report on a French military operation in Egypt compromised national defense secrets. The report, titled the Egypt Papers was published on Disclose, an independent media outlet. Disclose also released a documentary titled [...]