The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday on the Trump administration’s revised ban on travelers from some majority Muslim countries. State of Hawaii, et al. v. Trump was brought before the court on appeal after the travel ban was previously struck down . At issue is the alleged discriminatory intent of the [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States held on Monday that a creditor may seek repayment of a debt even after the statute of limitations period has expired without facing sanctions. The court, in a 5-3 decision, ruled in favor of Midland Funding , a credit management corporation, which was being sued by Aleida Johnson, [...]

The European Union (EU) Council on Monday urged Venezuelan officials to release political prisoners and hold elections in hopes of ending the violent protests against President Nicolas Maduro . The EU called for peace saying that: Violence and the use of force will not solve the country’s crisis. The fundamental rights of the Venezuelan people, [...]

The Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion on Monday for Howell v. Howell ruling that a veteran does not need to pay a divorced spouse for retirement benefits that have been waived in favor of service-related disability benefits. In Mansell v. Mansell the court held that while the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ [...]

The US Supreme Court issued an opinion for Kindred Nursing Centers Limited Partnership v. Clark on Monday holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a Kentucky state law that requires a power-of-attorney agreements to expressly grant authority to enter an arbitration agreement. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that arbitration agreements signed by legal representatives [...]

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Monday upheld the conviction of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, an Islamist preacher sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the 1971 liberation war in the country. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the judgment of the court, rejecting pleas from both sides to change the verdict. The state [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a lower court’s rejection of a North Carolina Voter ID law . The piece of legislation, which was originally enacted in 2013 has faced numerous legal challenges over the past years, including the Supreme Court previously declining to reinstate the law before the 2016 election. The [...]

Egypt’s State Council General Assembly on Saturday nominated their own council head despite a recent amendment reserving that right for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . The nomination follows a contentious debate over amending the judiciary laws to give the president more control over the judiciary to fight terrorism. The council nominated Judge Yehia Dakroury to [...]

Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday protested a bill that would grant amnesty to officials facing corruption charges from a previous regime. Under the amnesty bill officials who had money seized from them following the overthrow of former president Ben Ali would be pardoned and have their funds returned to them. Proponents of the bill say [...]

UN Secretary-General (UN SG) António Guterres on Friday appointed UK’s Mark Lowcock as Under-Secretary-General (USG) in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and as Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC). Lowcock has 30 years of experience as a leader in humanitarian crisis management across the globe, and as a strategic leader in the international [...]