A federal jury in Virginia Thursday convicted former British citizen El Shafee Elsheikh for his role in the 2014 Islamic State hostage-taking plot that led to the beheading of four American journalists and aid workers. Elsheikh allegedly tortured and murdered more than two dozen hostages, including journalist James Foley, an American journalist who was executed in [...]

Russia Wednesday announced new sanctions against US and Canadian officials in response to sanctions issued by the two countries against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The new Russian sanctions target members of the US House of Representatives and members of the Canadian Parliament. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, both the US and [...]

A federal class action antitrust complaint was filed Wednesday against Google for allegedly leveraging its dominance in the GPS navigation mapping market through improperly and unlawfully connecting Google Maps, Waze, and related services.  This allegedly locks app developers into the “Google ecosystem” and subjects them to “egregious and anticompetitive price hikes.” The lawsuit was jointly [...]

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan Wednesday told reporters during his visit to Bucha that “Ukraine is a crime scene” as the court continues its investigation into alleged war crimes in the country. The ICC opened its investigation into alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine on March 2 this year, one week after [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a law student in Kabul reports on new foreign influences in Afghanistan and growing signs of corruption and hypocrisy in the Taliban government that run contrary to their long-stated values. For privacy and security reasons, [...]

Human rights activist and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad Wednesday announced the launch of a new global initiative for collecting evidence of sexual assault during war. This new initiative, known as the Murad Code, was created through efforts from the UK government, Murad, and Institute for International Criminal Investigations. It aims to support [...]

Kentucky lawmakers Wednesday enacted a law suspending all statewide legal abortion access. Effective immediately, House Bill 3 will force providers to stop offering abortions in clinics and will halt all abortion services until certain requirements are met. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear vetoed the bill last week, but his veto was quickly overturned by the Republican-led Kentucky [...]

The Higher Regional Court in Munich Wednesday sentenced a Russian researcher working at the Bavarian University of Augsburg, convicting him of espionage and sharing classified information with Moscow. The court gave the man, referred to as Ilnur N., a one-year suspended sentence. Ilnur N. was a research assistant for a scientific and technical professor at [...]

Judge William H. Orrick of the US District Court of Northern California Wednesday reduced damages Tesla owed in a workplace racial harassment suit from $137 million to $15 million. Last October, worker Owen Diaz sued Tesla for violating California state law and 42 USC §1981, which guarantees non-discrimination in the making of contracts.  During his [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed into law a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, providing no exemptions for rape, incest, or human trafficking. The bill, CS/HB 5, bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and allows only minimal exceptions, such as if the abortion would save the life of a pregnant [...]