The Federal Council of the Swiss government on Thursday rejected a proposal to appoint supreme court judges by drawing lots, stating that it would raise questions about the legitimacy of the court. The judges of the Federal Court, the Federal Criminal Court, and the Federal Administrative Court are members of the parliament and rely on [...]

Hashem Abedi, who assisted his brother in carrying out a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester in May of 2017, was sentenced to at least 55 years of jail imprisonment on Thursday. Hashem Abedi was found guilty by a jury in March of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder, and plotting to [...]

The US House of Representatives Saturday passed legislation aimed at prohibiting Postmaster General Louis DeJoy from implementing new policy changes at the US Postal Service (USPS) and providing USPS with $25 billion to help alleviate the pressures of the record number of mail-in ballots expected for the November election. Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight [...]

The US Department of Justice filed a petition for writ of certiorari on Thursday with the Supreme Court, appealing a decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that bars President Trump from blocking critics on Twitter. Shortly after his inauguration, Trump blocked several Twitter users critical of him and his administration. Together with Columbia [...]

A US district court judge on Thursday added federal agents to the list of state personnel who cannot assault or arrest journalists and legal observers who observe the arrests and violence accompanying the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in Portland and prohibiting federal agents from removing members of the press under orders to disperse. Judge [...]

The Foreign Ministry of China announced on Thursday that it would suspend the agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between the government of the United States and the government of Hong Kong. The announcement came in response to the “erogenous” move of the US government to suspend three bilateral agreements with the Hong [...]

The Bishkek City Court on Friday upheld the Birinchi Mai District Court’s 18-year prison sentence of former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sapar Isakov for corruption. The Birinchi Mai District Court in Bishkek convicted Isakov last month of misusing funds allocated to the renovation of the State History Museum and the hippodrome in Cholpon-Ata.  According to a [...]

Members of the European Council on Wednesday said they do not recognize Belarus’ August 9 election results where President Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected in a landslide victory, claiming 80 percent of the votes. The EU will also impose sanctions against “a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results,” which it [...]

Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced a bill on Thursday aimed at combating alleged sabotage of the US Postal Service (USPS) by Trump appointees. The bill, titled the Delivering For America Act, provides $25 billion for funding continued service by the USPS through the end of the year. In addition, it [...]

Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer announced Thursday that the state has reached a preliminary settlement agreement with victims of the Flint water crisis that exposed thousands of residents to unsafe levels of lead in their drinking water. The settlement agreement provides for $600 million in damages to be paid by the state to residents of Flint [...]