The US Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case concerning the authorization and regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone at a time when reproductive rights are at the heart of political division and changing policies across the nation. At the center of the case is the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine’s lawsuit against the Food [...]
Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) urged the Victorian Government on Monday to reject proposals requiring protestors to get a police permit to protest, following the country’s recent shift to anti-protest measures . Chaos erupted in Melbourne on Saturday as 24 hours of protest from different groups, with violent interactions at times between protestors, left three [...]
A New York judge set an April 15 start date on Monday for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against former US President Donald Trump. The trial was originally scheduled to proceed on March 25, but the prosecution disclosed almost 100,000 pages of discovery shortly before the scheduled start date, which caused Trump’s legal [...]
The governing Georgian Dream party announced a controversial bill on Monday aimed at curbing LGBTQ+ rights in the Transcaucasian country. The bill aims to combat what the party has called “LGBT propaganda” and proposes significant changes to the constitution. It seeks to prohibit sex changes, adoption by same-sex couples and gatherings promoting same-sex relationships. Observers [...]
An appeals court in New York lowered the $464 million bond imposed on former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud case on Monday. The five-judge panel ordered the bond be reduced to $175 million, and the payment date extended another ten days. The decision stayed a previous court order that Trump post the $464 [...]
Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia, and her director of communications, Jairo Loor, were found shot dead in a car in San Vicente Canton early on Sunday, Ecuadorian police reported to local media outlets. Garcia, who was initially reported missing on Saturday, was found by local authorities after they used the GPS installed in Garcia’s rental [...]
Two suspects of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack appeared before Moscow’s district court on Sunday. On Friday, camouflage-clad individuals opened fire on a crowded concert hall and shopping complex just outside of Moscow before setting the structure ablaze, according to local official statements and media reports. Russian security services identified the suspects as two nationals from [...]
The French government announced Sunday that the national security alert system, Vigipirate, would be elevated to its highest level in response to the recent terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow that killed more than 130 people. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. Prime Minister Gabriel Attal made an announcement on X (formerly Twitter) [...]
Brazilian police arrested three people Sunday in connection to the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes. The case has remained unsolved since 2018. The police arrested brothers Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão for ordering the murder. Police also arrested former police chief Rivaldo Barbosa for alleged [...]
The Singaporean Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) announced Monday that former Minister for Transport S. Iswaran was charged with eight additional counts of obtaining, as a public servant, valuable things with a total value of S$18,956.94 (around US $14,094) for no consideration during his incumbency. The additional charges concern Iswaran receiving items from Lum Kok [...]
