The US Department of State revoked visas for senior Honduran electoral officials on Friday, tying the sanctions-like immigration action to allegations that the officials impeded Honduras’ post-election vote count and thereby “undermin democracy in Honduras,” according to the Department’s public statement. In a warning that framed the dispute as a regional security issue, the Department [...]

The UN’s top political affairs official and the deputy emergency relief coordinator briefed ambassadors in the Security Council on Thursday, saying that Syrians have made tangible progress over the past year but warning that the country’s recovery remains fragile and uneven since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December 2024. Head of UN political [...]

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a bill authorizing a strictly regulated form of medical assistance in dying for certain terminally ill adults. The option will be available in September 2026, allowing time for the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and state healthcare systems to establish safeguards. Senate Bill 1950, known as “Deb’s [...]

President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, unveiled late Thursday, puts the Western Hemisphere at the center of US foreign policy and revives the Monroe Doctrine of 1823, appending it with a “Trump Corollary.” The document presents the Americas as the main line of defense for the US homeland and links that doctrine directly to [...]

Philippine police and law enforcement agencies are moving to arrest 18 suspects in a corruption scandal related to government flood control efforts that has ignited massive street protests and toppled powerful congressional leaders. The  issuance of arrest warrants was announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday. At the center of the case is former [...]

Amnesty International warned on Friday that Colombia’s continued use of military courts to handle killings, torture, enforced disappearances, and other grave abuses by soldiers and police is a structural engine of impunity. In a new report, the rights group concluded that the military criminal justice system, known as the Justicia Penal Militar (JPM), remains deeply [...]

A US federal judge in Oregon on Friday evening ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully seized control of state National Guard units to police protests in Portland, issuing a sweeping injunction that sharply curtails the White House’s claimed power to deploy guard troops over a state’s objection. In a 106-page opinion, US District Judge Karin [...]

Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, DC Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The US Supreme Court heard over two-and-a-half hours of oral argument Wednesday in a closely watched case testing whether the President may use emergency economic powers to impose tariffs [...]

US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he has ordered the Pentagon, or the “Department of War,” to prepare contingency plans for potential military action in Nigeria. Trump alleged that the Nigerian government has failed to protect Christian communities from violent extremist attacks. Trump stated on social media: “If the Nigerian Government continues to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on Southeast Asian and global leaders gathering for the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur later this month to take a firm stand against Myanmar’s military junta and its plan to hold national elections in December, describing the process as a “sham” that would further [...]