The Supreme Court, in its shadow docket order in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, stayed a district court ruling that had temporarily barred federal immigration agents in the Los Angeles area from conducting roving patrol stops based upon a handful of proxy factors—including “peaking Spanish or English with an accent.” A separate concurrence by Justice Brett [...]

The People’s National Assembly, the lower house of Algeria’ parliament, began debating a draft law on Saturday seeking to criminalize French colonization. This legislative move is a step in advancing the Algiers Declaration, which was adopted following a conference on colonialism held on November 30 and December 1. This law focuses on French colonial rule [...]

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, to 17 years imprisonment for retaining and selling state gifts, marking the latest conviction against them. A special court in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where Khan is incarcerated, delivered the verdict. The case, dubbed “Toshakhana 2,” relates to a 2021 [...]

Cyclone Ditwah exposed Sri Lanka’s catastrophic lack of preparedness. After the first red alerts predicting very heavy rainfall were issued on the night of November 25, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s public Facebook posts the following day focused on meetings with film producers and Road Development Authority engineers. It was only on the morning [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday urged all states to prevent the Portuguese-flagged Holger G vessel, carrying munition components bound for Israel, from docking at their ports. Having departed from India on November 16, the cargo is destined for Israel’s biggest arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems, and its subsidiary IMI Systems. Erika Guevara Rosas, senior director for research [...]

The US Department of State revoked visas for senior Honduran electoral officials on Friday, tying the sanctions-like immigration action to allegations that the officials impeded Honduras’ post-election vote count and thereby “undermin democracy in Honduras,” according to the Department’s public statement. In a warning that framed the dispute as a regional security issue, the Department [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday appealed a ruling that dismissed indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey. The case focuses on the legality of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as Interim US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.  In November, Cameron Mcgowan Currie, senior judge for [...]

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday urged Bangladeshi authorities and protesters to refrain from violence following the killing of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi. A prominent leader of the 2024 protests in Bangladesh, Hadi died from gunshot wounds sustained during an assassination attempt last week. Türk stated that his office is prepared to work [...]

The US government on Friday announced sanctions on two judges from the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court, Gocha Lordkipanidze of Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin of Mongolia, due to their “illegitimate targeting of Israel.” The sanctions bar the named individuals from entry into the US, and extends to their family members. The measures also block [...]

The Taiwan Constitutional Court ruled Friday that a 2024 amendment to the Constitutional Procedure Act is unconstitutional. The ruling allows the court to resume its operations after the amendment barred it for almost a year, as the number of sitting judges is not sufficient to constitute a quorum required by the amendment. In the ruling, [...]