ICC prosecutor requests warrants for Afghan Taliban leaders over persecution of women
Named in the arrest request were Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada and Afghanistan’s Supreme Court chief Abdul Hakim Haqqani
Since they took back control of the country...
22 states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship
The White House said it’s ready to face the states in court and called the lawsuits “nothing more than an extension of the Left’s resistance”
Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years...
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of...
Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu’s wife harassed opponents
Program uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs. Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aide to organize protests against political opponents
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Russian court jails US citizen Spector for 15 years in espionage case, RIA says
Spector in his first court case had pleaded guilty to helping bribe an assistant to an ex-Russian deputy prime minister
MOSCOW : A Russian court...
International Criminal Court chief lashes out at US, Russia over threats and accusations
Judge Tomoko Akane: ‘The court is being threatened with draconian economic sanctions by another permanent member of the Security Council as if it was a terrorist organization’
Bangladesh court acquits Zia’s son and 48 others convicted in 2004 deadly grenade attack
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a political...
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military regime
THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya...
Hong Kong to sentence dozens of democracy campaigners
The sentencing is “a very important indicator to show the general public (the degree of) openness and inclusivity in our society,” Lee Yue-shun, one of those acquitted, told AFP on...
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites on Tuesday
WASHINGTON: Some Republican-led states say they will...