FBI director Kash Patel filed a complaint Monday in US District Court for the District of Columbia against The Atlantic magazine and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, seeking $250 million in damages over a story alleging he had “alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.” The suit targets an April 17 article headlined “Kash [...]

This month marked the beginning of the academic year in Afghanistan. Usually it follows immediately after Nowruz, which fell on March 21st this year. But this year, because several festivals—Ramadan, Eid and Nowruz (the beginning of the new year)—came one after another, the Taliban government announced that the school year would start a week later. [...]

Two Palestinian water delivery truck drivers were killed by Israeli fire on Friday, prompting aid groups to halt activities in the area. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the attack threatens vital humanitarian operations supplying clean water to hundreds of thousands of people. Early Friday morning, two men were killed by Israeli fire at [...]

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Friday expressed concern regarding the human cost associated with the resumption of the armed conflict in the country, following the discovery of human remains in Jonglei State during road works. The chair of the UN Commission, Yasmin Sooka, said: The discovery of human remains in a [...]

Judge Mary McElroy of the US District Court of Rhode Island on Friday dismissed a suit from the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking detailed voter information from Rhode Island’s Department of State.  She called the suit, which demanded unredacted voter registration information including Social Security Numbers and driver’s license numbers, “a fishing expedition.” The DOJ [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Friday penned an 8-0 ruling in favor of Chevron in the Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana case, overturning the appeal court’s decision and allowing Chevron to move the case from state court to federal court. The decision will give Chevron a new day in [...]

The US Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (ACAR) on Thursday voted to remove a proposed membership-disclosure requirement from the rules governing amicus briefs in federal appellate courts. The now scrapped changes would have required amicus filers to name any donor who contributed more than $100 toward a brief if that person had been a member [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other human rights organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement urging the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce capital punishment for drug-related crimes. HRW warned that the Maldives’ recent proposal would violate its obligations under international law, including [...]

Amnesty International and Human Rights First published their first joint letter to Irish officials on Thursday, urging an end to the US administration’s use of Shannon Airport for unlawful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removals. The two human rights organizations expressed concern over ICE’s use of Shannon Airport at least five times, involving the removal [...]