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A man was arrested early Tuesday morning after allegedly breaking into the Colorado Supreme Court, discharging a weapon and setting a small fire just weeks after the state’s top court moved to remove former President Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential ballot. The suspect also held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint to gain access [...]

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Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing “seditious” materials, according to Hong Kong Free Press. Conspiring to collude with foreign forces violates the National Security Law, and publishing “seditious” materials violates the sedition law. Lai has been detained [...]

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A federal judge ruled Sunday that Mississippi officials can create the planned state-run court in Jackson, the state capital, where the majority of residents are Black, despite objections from the NAACP. The decision is part of a more significant legal battle over Mississippi’s expansion of state power in Jackson, which the NAACP has sued against. [...]

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The Peshawar High Court instructed police Monday to dismiss a sedition case that mirrors an already-filed First Information Report (FIR) by a police station against three leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, the political party of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The court stated that such actions constitute double jeopardy, which is the legal principle [...]

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Ali Yerlikaya, Minister of the Interior for the Turkish government, announced Tuesday the arrest of 33 individuals under Operation Mole, which is concerned with the suppression of espionage activity against Türkiye. The arrests took place across 57 different addresses and eight provinces. Those arrested have been accused of working for the Israeli government, including some [...]

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France announced Tuesday the closure of its embassy in Niger until further notice. The decision comes in the aftermath of the souring relations between the two nations with colonial history after the July coup in Niger, which resulted in the overthrowing of President Mohamed Bazoum’s administration. In a statement on Tuesday, the French Ministry for [...]

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The Pakistan Senate passed Monday unanimously a resolution seeking stringent penalties for spreading harmful and negative propaganda against the armed forces. Resolution no. 560 expressed deep concern regarding the proliferation of negative and malicious propaganda against the armed forces and other security agencies on various social media platforms. It underscored the significant sacrifices made by [...]

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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Monday that there was little chance the upcoming elections would be free, fair or credible due to “blatant manipulation” and the large-scale rejection of candidacies. The HRCP expressed concern about the overall deterioration in human rights in Pakistan, including what it called the “blatant manipulation of [...]

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A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi officials from creating a state-run court in part of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay to the NAACP and other plaintiffs to block enforcement of Mississippi House Bill 1020 (HB 1020), which establishes the new court, [...]

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An advocate filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition Tuesday against the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is a legal action initiated in the Supreme Court for the enforcement of public interest or general public welfare. Advocate Gopal Singh [...]

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