The UN Security Council announced new sanctions on Tuesday against three Houthi leaders for threatening the peace, security and stability of Yemen. The sanctions subject them to a global asset freeze, a travel ban and an arms embargo. The three leaders sanctioned are Yusuf Al-Madani, Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer, and Muhammad Abd Al-Karim Al-Ghamari. [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case with critical implications for the Highway Beautification Act. City of Austin v. Reagan Advertising considers whether the Austin city code’s distinction between on-premise signs, which may be digitized, and off-premise signs, which may not, is a facially unconstitutional content-based regulation under the First [...]

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Wednesday voided Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam’s school mask mandate. Petitioners, including parents and school districts in Pennsylvania, and respondent, Beam, each requested relief. The court granted the petitioners’ application and denied the respondent’s. On August 31, 2021, Beam issued an order directing the use of face coverings [...]

The US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that Governor Greg Abbott’s executive order banning mask mandates violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on Wednesday. On July 29, 2021, Governor Abbot issued Executive Order GA-38, preventing any “governmental entity, including a county, city, school district and public health authority” from requiring “any [...]

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions Wednesday against two members of the Cambodian Ministry of National Defence, Chau Phirun and Tea Vinh, for their involvement in corruption in Cambodia. While Chau Phirun is the Director-General of the Defence Ministry’s Material and Technical Services Department, Tea Vinh is the Commander of [...]

The Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled Wednesday that three anti-government activists who had called for a reform in the country’s powerful monarchy had violated the constitution by attempting to overthrow the institution. The ruling came in a case brought by royalist lawyer Natthaporn Toprayoon, who petitioned the court to consider whether the actions of the [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Belarus and Poland to de-escalate their migrant border dispute Wednesday, claiming that both countries’ militaristic responses had put the safety of refugees in jeopardy and risked violating international refugee law. High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Jeria said that she was “appalled” at the situation, describing large numbers [...]

The Khartoum District Court has ordered the country’s three main telecommunication providers—Zain, MTN and Sudani—to restore internet services immediately, after more than two weeks of internet shutdown following a coup by military leaders, according to Reuters. In the early hours of October 25, Sudan’s military dissolved the government and the Sovereign Council, a joint military and [...]

Chile’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday approved the impeachment of President Sebastián Piñera by 78 votes for, 67 votes against and 3 abstentions, following revelations in the Pandora Papers regarding possible irregularities in the sale of the Dominga mine. The constitutional accusation will now be heard by the Chilean Senate, where a commission appointed by the [...]

The Singapore Court of Appeal stayed the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009, on Tuesday. The stay came in the light of Nagaenthran testing positive for COVID-19 a day before his execution was due in a case that has attracted international attention. [...]