The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday released transcripts of its interview with Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently imprisoned over a sex-trafficking case. According to the transcripts, Maxwell recalled that she first knew about Donald Trump, and possibly met him, in 1990 when she visited the US on a business [...]

UN human rights experts expressed deep concern on Thursday over continuing violence against the Druze population in the Sweida region of Syria. Since the outbreak of fighting in mid-July, the UN experts said they have received reports of “killings, enforced disappearances, abductions, looting, destruction of property, and sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls.” [...]

India’s Supreme Court on Friday directed that canines picked up in the country’s National Capital Region (NCR) be sterilized, vaccinated, dewormed, and then released back to the localities from which they were taken, in line with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed concern on Wednesday over the abduction and detention of several journalists in Ethiopia. In its statement, the CPJ said it is “deeply alarmed” by the abduction of Ethiopian newspaper editor Yonas Amare as well as the detentions of journalist Khadar Mohamed Ismael and radio host Abdulsemed Mohammed. Several [...]

A US appeals court on Friday upheld a 2023 suspension of a 98-year-old judge who refused to take medical evaluations, preventing cases from being assigned to her. The D.C. Circuit held that it had no authority to review most of Judge Pauline Newman’s claims due to Section 357(c) of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act, [...]

A report released by the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) program on Friday found that a “famine is currently occurring in Gaza Governorate,” the district covering Gaza City, and is “rapidly spreading.” Multiple international organizations have renewed their calls for an immediate ceasefire to facilitate an “unimpeded, large-scale humanitarian response that can save [...]

The US Department of Education announced on Friday its determination that George Mason University (GMU) violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleged that the university illegally considered race, sex, and “other immutable characteristics” in hiring and promotion. Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig [...]

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves appeared before a congressional committee on Friday, forcefully rejecting corruption allegations and denouncing what he described as a politically motivated “judicial coup d’état.” Chaves told legislators that the Attorney General and magistrates orchestrated the case in retaliation against his administration. He framed the proceedings as an attack on the presidency [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday released its opinion regarding the application for stay in the case National Institute of Health (NIH) v. American Public Health Association (APHA), et al. In a 5-4 vote, the justices paused the lower court’s order, which required the government agency to continue making the grant payments. An executive order [...]

The US District Court for the District of New Jersey issued a ruling on Thursday that Alina Habba, who was appointed as the interim US attorney for the District of New Jersey, has had no legal authority since July 1. According to the court’s decision, the US Senate has not approved Habba’s appointment to the [...]