​The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ordered the termination of the portion of its Afghanistan investigation that could implicate US military and intelligence personnel, restricting the tribunal’s inquiry to alleged crimes committed by the Taliban. ​Seated at The Hague, the court is an independent, permanent tribunal established to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, and war [...]

A coalition of five nonprofit online safety and advocacy groups filed suit in the San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday, alleging that artificial intelligence (AI) systems are “already autonomously breaking the law and causing harm.” The suit demands an immediate injunction to halt all further development of AI, particularly ChatGPT, Grok, Muse, Gemini and Claude. [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the legality of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on asylum seekers at the southern border, taking up questions about the president’s authority to block certain migrants from applying for protection and the scope of relief federal courts may grant in challenges to the policy. In an order granting [...]

Two Iranian men were convicted Thursday of assisting Iran’s intelligence services in surveiling London-based journalists, including a Persian-language broadcaster repeatedly targeted by Iranian authorities. Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh were found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court under the UK’s National Security Act 2023 following a six-week trial. Both men are scheduled to be sentenced [...]

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned Tuesday that a $59.8 million funding shortfall threatens efforts to expand Ebola surveillance beyond official checkpoints. The agency said 95 percent of the 71 cases identified through IOM-supported screening along transit routes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were detected on informal routes. The warning followed [...]

The chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal said Tuesday that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina is ineligible for a passport under Bangladeshi law and would have to return from India through extradition. Hasina, whom the tribunal sentenced to death in absentia last year, has said she plans to return in December to surrender in [...]

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) on Tuesday unanimously moved to fine Meta’s Brazilian subsidiary 7.5 million reais (USD $1.3 million) for failing to fully comply with orders aimed at ensuring equal treatment of the two campaigns in October’s presidential runoff. The case began in October after President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s campaign coalition alleged [...]

The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Thameen Al-Kheetan, on Tuesday urged a halt to the continued persecution and harassment of journalists in Egypt, emphasizing that the right to freedom of expression must be respected. All six journalists working for Matsadash, a fact-checking website, currently remain detained. The detained reporters are Mohamed [...]

Officials at US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine announced on Wednesday that both sides have agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war, following peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week. US Special Envoy Jared Kushner and Ukrainian Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Rustem Umerov in a press conference announced that the talks [...]

An Alaska Superior Court judge on Wednesday denied a request by Democratic US Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for records identifying voters whose absentee ballots had been flagged for rejection, and explaining why. Judge Thomas Matthews ruled that the Alaska Division of Elections could not reasonably produce and redact the requested information while it was [...]