The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a black prisoner on death row in Mississippi was unreasonably denied his right to challenge a prosecutor’s race-neutral justifications for removing black ...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged acting Rio de Janeiro governor Ricardo Couto to pass a bill that would establish fully independent forensic services and mandate additional measures to ...

Thailand's Criminal Court acquitted on Thursday political figure and founder of the Progressive Movement Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of charges of defaming the monarchy, arising from ...

In Iranian family gatherings, geopolitics rarely arrives through academic language. It emerges through instinct, irritation, memory, and the peculiar intimacy with which ordinary people discuss the ...

A man with an unpleasant voice was reciting the Qur’an loudly. A wise-hearted passerby said to him, “What salary do you receive?” He replied, “None.” The man said, “Then why do you give yourself so ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 on Wednesday, expanding the state’s election security protections by restricting unauthorized law enforcement access to polling places, banning ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Trump administration of deporting almost 13,000 third-country nationals between January 2025 and March 2026 without due process or access to basic services, in a ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday scheduled the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to begin on November 30, marking the first time an Asian former head of state ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa re-filed ​in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, challenging a panel report alleging he violated the constitution during his previous 'Farmgate' scandal.

A three-judge federal court on Tuesday barred Alabama from using its Republican-drawn congressional map in this year's elections, ruling that the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report alleging that tea workers on private estates in Sri Lanka are being subjected to conditions that 'may amount to forced labour,' calling on the ...