The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Tuesday condemned audio recordings that emerged over the weekend, which appear to show figures connected to both sides of the war in Ukraine ordering combatants not to take prisoners of war or else to execute those captured. As originally reported by the Kiev Independent, Wagner [...]

UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay Monday announced he is taking legal action against upcoming strike actions organized by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Barclay will apply to the High Court to seek to declare the strike action on May 2 as unlawful for taking place outside of the [...]

The NAACP Monday filed a lawsuit to block a new Mississippi bill that they allege would violate the state’s constitution. House Bill (HB) 1020 allows the Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice to appoint four judges to the Circuit Court of Hinds County. While HB 1020 calls the appointed judges “temporary,” their term will last until [...]

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum Monday signed one of the country’s most restrictive abortion bans into law. Senate Bill 2150 allows exceptions to the ban if it is a result of incest or abuse only if the fetus is less than six weeks’ gestation or if the abortion is is necessary to protect the health [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in Lac du Flambeau Band v. Coughlin, which focuses on the effect of the Bankruptcy Code on the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes. The court will consider the question of whether Congress intended to allow people to sue Native American tribes in bankruptcy disputes and will [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to hear five appeals from fossil fuel companies requesting to have their cases moved from state to federal courts. All five petitions concern whether federal common law, which is law developed over time by courts, or state law applies to lawsuits over greenhouse-gas emissions that cross state lines. Each [...]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Sunday condemned the US for prohibiting Russian journalists from covering Lavrov’s speech before the UN in New York. Lavrov called the decision “a really stupid thing” in an appearance before reporters in Russia. The US State Department has not responded to Lavrov’s comments. Speaking to reporters, Lavrov said he had [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases concerning public officials’ First Amendment rights on social media platforms under the US Constitution. In the first case, Lindke v. Freed, the court will consider whether a public official’s social media activity constitutes state action if the public official only used the social media for [...]

The Bar Council of India (BCI) Sunday passed a resolution to urge the Supreme Court of India to leave the issue of same-sex marriage for legislative consideration. The resolution came after a joint meeting of the BCI and all State Bar Councils. The release predominantly depends on the point that any matter of such far-reaching [...]

The UK government Sunday announced the successful evacuation of British embassy staff and their families from Khartoum, Sudan. The military operation was carried out as a response to “significant escalation in violence and threats” to British diplomats in Sudan as fighting in the country continues. As the power struggle between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support [...]