The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the legality of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on asylum seekers at the southern border, taking up questions about the president’s authority to block certain migrants from applying for protection and the scope of relief federal courts may grant in challenges to the policy. In an order granting [...]

Two Iranian men were convicted Thursday of assisting Iran’s intelligence services in surveiling London-based journalists, including a Persian-language broadcaster repeatedly targeted by Iranian authorities. Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh were found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court under the National Security Act 2023 following a six-week trial. Both men are scheduled to be sentenced on [...]

Who becomes Ghana’s Chief Justice when the office falls vacant? The approaching retirement of Chief Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie has brought renewed attention to that question. Sworn into office on November 17, 2025, he will turn 70 in December 2026, reaching the mandatory retirement age under Article 145(2) of the Constitution, 1992. Although many assume the [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned Tuesday that a $59.8 million funding shortfall threatens efforts to expand Ebola surveillance beyond official checkpoints. The agency said 95 percent of the 71 cases identified through IOM-supported screening along transit routes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were detected on informal routes. The warning followed [...]

The chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal said Tuesday that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is ineligible for a passport under Bangladeshi law and would have to return from India through extradition. Hasina, whom the tribunal sentenced to death in absentia last year, has said she plans to return in December to surrender in [...]

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on Tuesday unanimously moved to fine Meta’s Brazilian subsidiary 7.5 million reais (USD $1.3 million) for failing to fully comply with orders aimed at ensuring equal treatment of the two campaigns in October’s presidential runoff. The case began in October after President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s campaign coalition alleged [...]

The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Thameen Al-Kheetan, on Tuesday urged a halt to the continued persecution and harassment of journalists in Egypt, emphasizing that the right to freedom of expression must be respected. All six journalists working for Matsadash, a fact-checking website, currently remain detained. The detained reporters are Mohamed [...]

Officials at US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine announced on Wednesday that both sides have agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, following peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week. US Special Envoy Jared Kushner and Ukrainian Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Rustem Umerov in a press conference announced that the talks [...]

Editor’s note: Thursday marks 35 years since Indonesian troops opened fire on pro-independence demonstrators in Dili. Scholar Lia Kent explains why state commemorations haven’t ended many families’ search for their dead. November 12 of this year marks 35 years since the brutal murder of around 250 to 271 peaceful, pro-independence demonstrators in East Timor (the [...]