South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday that South Africa will contribute a substantial force of 2,900 troops from the South African National Defense Force to combat armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). South Africa said that this deployment is crucial to fulfilling South Africa’s obligations to the Southern African Development Community [...]

On December 6, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, acting under Article 99 of the UN Charter, formally warned the UN Security Council of a looming global threat from the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. This is the first time that Guterres has invoked Article 99 since becoming Secretary-General, and only the fourth [...]

Indian authorities responded Monday to farmers’ announced intention to march towards New Delhi by implementing precautionary measures, including placing barricades along key highways. This underscores the tension between farmers and the government regarding fair crop prices and agricultural policies. Indian farmers are in a standoff with authorities as they strive to march towards New Delhi, [...]

Russia announced new sanctions against 18 British nationals in response to the UK’s “confrontational policies” against the country on Monday. However, the statement did not mention which particular policy the sanctions are responding to. The sanctions were made against not only the UK’s government officials but also scholars. These newly sanctioned individuals will be denied [...]

French authorities announced a plan on Sunday to amend the Constitution to revoke birthplace citizenship on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. Mayotte has been struggling with social unrest, a severe water shortage, and what the citizens call a ‘violent migration crisis’.  Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin arrived on the island over the weekend and [...]

Hundreds of Indonesian students and activists held protests Monday over current President Joko Widodo’s actions in the run-up to elections on Wednesday. Protestors claim Widodo has abused his power by attempting to sway voters in favour of Prabowo Subianto, and Widodo’s son who is running as vice president. In an Instagram post on Sunday, Aski [...]

Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC. After sitting in the Supreme Court last Wednesday to hear the oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, a case brought by Colorado voters seeking [...]

Former US President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to hear his appeal of a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which denied Trump’s claim of “absolute” presidential immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal 2020 election interference case against him. In doing so, Trump also asked [...]

The Ontario Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that provincial legislation in the central Canadian province that capped public-sector workers’ wages is unconstitutional. This decision upheld the Ontario Supreme Court’s ruling in November 2023. The court found that the act interfered with represented employees’ rights to negotiate for higher wages, stating, “I am satisfied that [...]

The Associated Press (AP) reported that New York City officials announced an expanded overnight curfew at 20 migrant shelters throughout the city on Sunday, following an increase in reports of criminal misconduct. On Thursday, members of a “citizen-militia” mistakenly identified a local resident as a migrant, threw him to the ground, and beat him. “We [...]