New Philippines anti-terror legislation took effect Saturday after approval by President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month. It has been widely criticized for giving overreaching powers to the Philippines government, curbing free speech and targeting peaceful dissent. It provides for warrantless detention of suspects for up to 24 days, surveillance for up to 90 days and [...]

A Turkish court has sentenced Germany-based journalist Deniz Yucel to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism-related propaganda charges. The sentence was imposed in absentia, as Yucel has not been present in Turkey for his trial. Yucel’s lawyer, Veysel Ok, claims the court sentenced Yucel for spreading propaganda about the outlawed Kurdistan Worker’s [...]

The UK Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Shamina Begum, 20, who joined ISIS at age 15 can return to the UK to appeal her revoked British citizenship before the Special Immigrant Appeals Commission (SIAC). The Secretary of State denied Begum’s leave to enter the UK to pursue her appeal before SIAC in June 2019. [...]

The UN Security Council ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Thursday added Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud to its Sanctions List. Mehsud assumed the leadership of the TTP following the death of the Mullah Fazlullah in June 2018. The group has since claimed responsibility for multiple deadly terror attacks across Pakistan, [...]

The UK has announced a ban on Huawei 5G equipment, citing security concerns due to Huawei’s close connection with the Chinese government. The ban disallows the purchase of new Huawei equipment after December 31, 2020, and seeks to completely remove the equipment from UK networks by 2027. Oliver Dowden, UK Secretary of State for Digital, [...]

The European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that the Privacy Shield agreement used for transferring European Union (EU) user data to companies in the US is invalid. The decision is a significant blow to tech companies in both the EU and the US. The court annulled a 2016 decision in which the European Commission had [...]

A Munich court banned Tesla from advertising about its autopilot project Wednesday, stating that its previous marketing campaign misled German consumers. Specifically, the court took issue with Tesla’s use of the word “autopilot” and the claim that Tesla vehicles have “full potential for autonomous driving.” Tesla advertised that its vehicles could navigate on motorways from [...]

US President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced several new cases related to the US government’s campaign to dismantle MS-13, an international criminal gang that has been aggressively targeted by the Trump administration. The cases are being conducted by Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in August 2019 by [...]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed an anti-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) bill into law on Monday, preventing the state government from contracting with companies that boycott Israel. The bill, titled the “Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act,” applies to companies that have at least 10 employees and make more than $100,000 annually. Missouri is the thirty-second state [...]

The highest court of Bahrain has reaffirmed a lower court decision to execute two protesters despite evidence that suggests that their confessions were unlawfully extracted. Hussain Moosa and Mohammed Ramadan, members of Bahrain’s Shiite majority, were sentenced to death in 2014 for planting a bomb that killed one police officer and injured several others during [...]