The Parliament of Lebanon granted the national army broad emergency powers on Thursday after approving a state of emergency declaration for Beirut in response to unrest over the massive explosion in the city’s port that killed at least 200 people. Following the explosion of more than 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate warehoused in Beirut’s port [...]

The US Supreme Court denied the application for stay in a Rhode Island absentee ballot case on Thursday, which allows an order suspending a two-witness requirement for absentee ballots to stand for the September primary. In order to vote by absentee ballot in Rhode Island, voters were previously required to have their absentee ballots signed [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system on Thursday. Under the Military Selective Service Act, men between the ages of 18 and 26 are required to register with the Selective Service System. Men who fail to register may be fined, imprisoned and/or denied federal [...]

In a notice letter, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused Yale University on Thursday of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against white and Asian American applicants. Because Yale receives substantial taxpayer funding, the university has to agree to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act [...]

The Trump administration is reportedly considering blocking American citizens and legal permanent residents exposed to the novel coronavirus, from re-entering the United States. One of President Donald Trump’s most reported travel restrictions in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the March Europe travel ban, did not “apply to permanent residents (generally) immediate family members of US [...]

New UK police powers took effect on Thursday that allow trained officers to stop, question, and, where necessary, detain and search individuals traveling through UK ports to determine involvement in hostile state activity. The powers were introduced in Schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. Hitherto, a police officer had to have reasonable [...]

In India, a new education policy typically comes along only once every few decades. The first education policy was in 1968, introduced by the administration under Mrs. Indira Gandhi. This was replaced by the National education policy in 1986, by her son Mr. Rajiv Gandhi who was Prime Minister at that time. A few years [...]

A Mexican judge has issued arrest warrants for 19 former federal law enforcement officials for money laundering and organized crime, officials said Tuesday. The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection initiated the case against these officials who worked under the Peña Nieto administration. Jesús Orta Martínez, former Secretary of Citizen Security, is among the suspects. [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld a New York order requiring out-of-state travelers to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival in the state. This lawsuit originated in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order. Plaintiffs in the suit argued that this order encroached on the fundamental liberty of citizens’ ability to travel freely [...]

COVID-19 is making it more difficult for Colombia’s indigenous Wayuu people to survive, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health. The Wayuu are an indigenous group that lives in La Guajira, a state in northeastern Colombia. In La Guajira, there is a high [...]