India on Friday reiterated its request to Pakistan for the extradition of Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), who is sought by India in connection with multiple terrorist acts, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Indian Ministery of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagachi confirmed the request in a weekly briefing. Answering a question, the spokesperson [...]
A UK government report released Wednesday detailing the discriminatory policy used to decide which asylum seekers can be housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge was subsequently deleted from the government website. Although the policy discriminated against asylum seekers on the grounds of age and sex, the government stated this discrimination was justified under provisions in [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested and charged Karrem Nasr, an American citizen residing in Egypt since July 2023, for attempting to provide support to al-Shabaab. Nasr, a resident of New Jersey, traveled to Kenya with the intent to join al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, following Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on October [...]
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed House Bill 68 on Friday, which would have banned gender-affirming care for minors and transgender athlete participation in girls and women’s sports in high school and college in the state. Under the proposed bill, it would be illegal for medical health professionals to perform gender reassignment surgery on an individual [...]
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied former US President Donald Trump’s motion to stay the defamation case against him, brought by author E. Jean Carroll, while the US Supreme Court considers his immunity claim. Trump also sought to stay the case to consider other appellate options. The [...]
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, lost a court case Thursday challenging a California law that obligated it to publicly reveal its content moderating procedures and issue a comprehensive service report on their moderating activity to the state. X Corp. owner Elon Musk mounted a challenge to the law in September, alleging [...]
Tony Chung Hon Lam, the last convener of Hong Kong pro-independence group Studentlocalism, said on his social media on Thursday that he had applied for political asylum in the UK. The Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (CSD) held a press conference on Friday, calling upon Chung to obey the supervision order and return to Hong [...]
The UK Parliament’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee published an inquiry Thursday that suggested alternative methods must be put in place to reduce reoffending and the strain on Probation Service in England and Wales. As prisons are currently at 99 percent capacity, the report examined how an increased focus on community orders could be effective [...]
The Hong Kong High Court sentenced two offenders on Thursday to six years for conspiracy to cause explosion and conspiracy to commit terrorist activities respectively, local media the Witness reported. The court jailed another defendant, who was serving her sentence for another conviction of subversion, for 30 months. The prosecution dropped the charge against the [...]
South Africa initiated proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday, according to a press release from the ICJ. South Africa alleges that Israel’s actions during its military operations in Gaza violate the UN’s 1948 Genocide Convention. Particularly, South Africa claims that Israel has engaged in, is engaging in and risks [...]
