The South Korea Central District Court on Wednesday jailed two doctors for performing an abortion on a woman who was in her 36th week of pregnancy. The court held that the hospital director and the operating surgeon are both guilty of murder, sentencing them to prison terms of six and four years, respectively. According to the prosecutor, the [...]

The United Nations on Tuesday urgently called for civilian protection amid growing violence and instability in the Middle East—and particularly in regard to the ongoing US and Israeli military operations against Iran. The UN urged a thorough investigation into a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran, and requested the disclosure of all relevant [...]

The Bank of Russia filed a claim on Tuesday at the EU General Court, challenging the December 2025 regulation to freeze its assets until the requests of the European Union are met and generated interests are redirected to Ukraine. The bank argued that the EU regulation is incompatible with rule of law and the principle [...]

The Supreme Court on Monday granted emergency relief to parents challenging California school policies on student gender identity, allowing a district court injunction to take effect while litigation continues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In an unsigned per curiam opinion, the Court held that the Ninth Circuit’s stay of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday removed a New York trial court order to redraw a congressional district, which would have bolstered minority-resident voting power before midterm elections in November. The court’s brief order was accompanied by a concurring opinion from Justice Samuel Alito as well as a dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by [...]

A Georgia jury on Tuesday found Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, guilty of 29 charges tied to the shooting. Colt Gray killed four people and wounded another nine others in the September 2024 school shooting. The case against father Colin Gray marks one of the first times a parent has [...]

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, [...]