Israel delivered a fiery response on Friday to South Africa’s claim before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip constitutes an act of genocide. Following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians, Israeli forces have launched a full-blown military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Last month, [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday that the U.S. State Department has imposed sanctions on one individual and three Russian entities engaged in transferring and testing North Korea’s ballistic missiles, intended for use by Russia against Ukraine. The entities and individual subject to US-imposed sanctions include the 224th Flight Unit State Airlines, [...]
The Turkish Competition Board announced on Wednesday that it decided to fine Meta Platforms Inc. 4.8 million lira ($160,000) a day for failing to provide sufficient documentation as part of a previous antitrust investigation in 2022. On January 11, 2021, the Turkish Competition Board opened an investigation against Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook Inc.), Meta Platforms [...]
A bomb threat was reported early Thursday morning at the Long Island residence of Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump, according to US media. Officials from the Nassau County Police Department subsequently confirmed that the threat was, in fact, a swatting incident—a deliberate false alarm crafted [...]
The Australian E-safety Commission reported on Thursday that X Corp, formally Twitter, has laid off over 30 percent of its trust and safety staff. The organisation tasked with overseeing the internet safety of people in Australia reported that under new owner Elon Musk’s efforts to cut costs at the company, a significant amount of staff [...]
The lower house of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha, secretariat revoked Thursday the disqualification of opposition leader Afjal Ansari after he secured a suspension of his conviction under charges of the Uttar Pradesh state’s Gangster Act from the Indian Supreme Court. Afjal Ansari is a member of Parliament (MP) from the Ghazipur Constituency of [...]
The Calcutta High Court of the Indian state of West Bengal dismissed Thursday a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking a special investigation into the attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in early January. In Indian High courts, PIL refers to a legal mechanism that allows individuals or groups to seek judicial intervention on matters [...]
West Virginia State Senator Mike Azinger introduced a slew of bills targeting transgender people on Wednesday, including a bill to classify transgender people as “obscene matter” and a bill banning gender-affirming care for people under the age of 21. Senate Bill 195 amends the state’s indecent exposure law to criminalize engaging in “obscene matter.” It [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard oral arguments from federal prosecutors and former President Donald Trump’s legal team on the issue of presidential immunity earlier this week. Trump argued that he is shielded from criminal liability in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against him, which alleges that Trump interfered in the [...]
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) voiced its apprehension on Thursday about the Taliban’s recent spike in the arbitrary arrest and detention of women and girls based on non-compliance with the Islamic dress code. Last week the Taliban arrested the first women in Afghanistan for “bad hijab” since they took power in August 2021. [...]
