The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revived proceedings against four law firms on Tuesday, continuing its appeal of lower court decisions that invalidated President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the firms. After filing a motion to drop the consolidated case against law firms Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie and Susman Godfrey on Monday evening, [...]

A US federal judge ruled on Monday for the third time that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities. Judge Jia Cobb of US District Court for the District of Columbia authored the opinion, which came in response to a policy announced in [...]

The US Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) and four of its top military officials over their support, training, and fighting alongside M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The RDF have reportedly provided direct operational support to the M23 and its affiliates by introducing advanced military equipment to [...]

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Hunter v. United States, a case concerning when people can be forced to yield their rights through a plea “agreement.” It’s a case that, for at least one of the Court’s justices and a longtime critic of plea bargaining, is likely to resonate especially strongly: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, [...]

Victor Qiu is a JURIST Washington, D.C. correspondent and an attorney. The views expressed in this article are his own and in his personal capacity. Last week, I attended the oral argument for Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, at the United States Supreme Court. While [...]

Myanmar state media announced Monday that the acting president of the ruling military junta has granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners to commemorate a national holiday. The announcement reads that the amnesties were issued for the “peace of mind of the public” and to celebrate the Full Moon Day of Tabung, a major religious [...]

At first glance, neither the June 2025 operation against Iran nor the follow-on attacks of late February 2026 carried any real risks of a nuclear conflict. Allegedly, in those large-scale military actions, cooperative efforts by Israel and the United States were launched to prevent Iranian nuclearization. Still, in any future armed conflict against the Islamic [...]

Vietnam’s Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into effect on Sunday, marking the first framework of its kind in Southeast Asia. The new law’s content largely mirrors the European Union’s AI Act, which seeks to ensure accountability, transparency, and safety in light of challenges that follow AI use, including copyright infringement, misinformation, and deepfakes. It [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday claimed that Australia’s offshore processing and resettlement program is cost-inefficient and argued it potentially violates international law, advocating for an investment in community-based alternatives. In a statement to the Australian Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, which has investigated the nation’s offshore resettlement policies since November 2025, HRW wrote: [...]

The modern international order rests on a foundational promise: states must resolve disputes peacefully, and force may be used only as a last resort and only within the bounds of law. The US helped build this system after World War II, embedding these principles in the UN Charter and in its own Constitution. Yet the [...]