Federal Judge Renato Borelli ruled, in a decision revealed to the public on Tuesday, that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will be subject to a fine of 2,000 reais ($387) a day if he continues to disobey ordinances in the federal district requiring the public to wear masks in public spaces in the capital, Brasilia, and [...]

The corruption case against the former South African president Jacob Zuma resumed on Tuesday after Zuma’s efforts to delay or avoid prosecution were denied. Tuesday’s pre-trial hearing attempted to establish a firm date start for the case and was heard by the Kwa-Zulu Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg. However, Judge Dhaya Pillay, ultimately decided not [...]

The Birinchi Mai District Court in Bishkek sentenced former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev on Monday to 11 years in prison for illegally releasing crime boss Aziz Batukaev in 2013. Batukaev was sentenced in 2006 to 16 years imprisonment for several crimes, including murder and organizing riots in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. In 2013, he [...]

The US State Department on Monday designated four more Chinese news organizations as foreign missions. The move signals a downturn in the US-Chinese relationship and raises the total to nine organizations that have received that label from the State Department this year. In a press release from the State Department’s spokesperson Morgan Ortagus, the department [...]

The Chinese and Indian militaries have reportedly agreed to “lower the temperature” along their disputed border region and may even begin withdrawing troops. Tensions had been rising sharply since a violent clash in the

US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Monday temporarily suspending new work visas, preventing hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from seeking employment in the US. This proclamation, which will be in effect at least through the end of 2020, will block the entry of foreigners who possess the H-1B visa. The president suggested that [...]

In a ruling released on Saturday, Judge Roy Lamberth of the US District Court for the District of Columbia prevented US President Donald Trump from blocking the release of former US National Security Advisor John Bolton from publishing his political memoir. In his ruling, Lamberth clarified the reason for denying a preliminary injunction: the injunction [...]

In response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision not to immediately end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration would continue with its own plans to end DACA. Trump’s tweet recognizes that although the Supreme Court ruling allows DACA to continue, the decision was [...]

A separatist group in Yemen on Saturday led a coup on the island of Socotra, deposing the government forces previously stationed there. The move represents growing fractures within the broader Saudi-led Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, which supports the internationally recognized government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the ongoing conflict against the radical [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission may seek disgorgement awards in securities fraud cases. The question came to the Court through Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission, which involves a scheme to defraud foreign individuals seeking permanent residence in the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. [...]