Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress following pressure from US President Donald Trump, who considers Comey one of his political rivals. An indictment is a formal charge brought by prosecutors and approved by a grand jury, which allows a case to proceed within the court system. A [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday urged Guinean authorities to ensure that all parties can effectively participate in the upcoming December elections. Türk urged Guinean authorities to comply with their obligations under international law: Going forward, it is critical for the transitional authorities to ensure that processes towards restoring constitutional rule [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Thursday a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon to resolve a lawsuit over alleged deceptive practices tied to Amazon Prime. Under the court order issued by Judge John H. Chun of the Western District of Washington, $1.5 billion will go to eligible consumers affected by the practices, while $1 [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that it is suing six states for failing to produce their statewide voter registration lists after they were requested. California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania were among the states targeted by the DOJ in identical lawsuits after they did not produce details pertaining [...]

In an executive order issued on Thursday, US President Donald Trump formalized a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to operate TikTok as a “newly established joint venture” in the United States.  ByteDance Ltd., TikTok’s parent company, and its affiliates will own less than 20 percent of the US-based entity. The joint venture will have [...]

Immigrant rights organization CASA and four Washington, DC residents filed a complaint against US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday, claiming that multiple federal officials have engaged in illegal deportations of immigrants since August. The complaint comes after Trump declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C., which placed local police under federal control and deployed [...]

The Slovak Parliament must reject constitutional amendments that would limit individuals’ ability to legally change their gender identity, resulting in substantial harm to the LGBTQ+ community, Amnesty International urged on Wednesday. Rado Sloboda, director of Amnesty International Slovakia, condemned the proposed amendments as “draconian,” stating: While the proposed changes specifically target the rights of LGBTI persons [...]

A sniper opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, Texas, Wednesday morning, killing one and injuring two others before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. According to Dallas police, the gunman, who had yet to be identified as of the time of writing, fired shots from an elevated position [...]

The man who was accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in Florida last year, Ryan Routh, was convicted Tuesday on charges including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Routh attempted to assassinate the president at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September 2024. US Secret Service Agent [...]

The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Glen Casada has been sentenced to 36 months of incarceration for honest services wire fraud, money laundering, and using a fictitious name to carry out a fraud, among other crimes. His former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, was also [...]