The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Delligatti v. United States and reassess the definition of a “crime of violence” under 18 US Code § 924(c)(3). The court granted the case certiorari and added it to its docket for the 2024 to 2025 term. Under the statute, a “crime of violence” is defined [...]

The Iranian foreign ministry summoned China’s ambassador to the country Sunday over statements made during a China-UAE bilateral meeting appearing to dispute Tehran’s sovereignty over three islands in the Strait of Hormuz claimed by the UAE. Mohammad Ali Bak, the assistant minister and director general of the Persian Gulf at Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [...]

Ugandan LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation Convening for Equality (CFE) released a report on Monday documenting human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people following the passage of the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023, which introduced severe penalties for same-sex intercourse, including life imprisonment and the death penalty for “aggravated” offences. The organization reviewed over a thousand cases of [...]

Jury selection began Monday in a federal firearms case against Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. The younger Biden faces three federal charges related to false statements he allegedly made in order to purchase a gun in 2018. He was required under federal law to provide a written statement attesting that he was not [...]

A group of UN experts Monday called for all countries to recognize the State of Palestine, to promote peace in the Middle East and to ensure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The group, comprising nearly 30 top UN independent experts and Special Rapporteurs including Palestinian rights Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, is asking for states to [...]

Georgia enacted a controversial “foreign agent” bill on Monday despite large-scale demonstrations against the law and international opposition. Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili signed the law On Transparency of Foreign Influence, also known as the law on foreign agents” or the “Russian law,” which was subsequently published on the country’s Legislative Bulletin website. According to [...]

The Maldivian government has decided to ban all Israeli passports, according to a statement released by the President’s official press office. President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu decided to change the laws within the country due to the increasing public outrage over the attacks by Israeli forces on Gaza. Muizzu stated on May 28 on X (formerly [...]

The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan on Monday acquitted the State’s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, and ex-Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in the highly publicized Cipher Case. The two former leaders appealed to the High Court after a special court sentenced them to 10 years of imprisonment in January. The court’s Chief Justice Aamer [...]

The Chinese Ministry of State Security on Monday published a statement accusing the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6 of turning two unnamed Chinese state employees into spies for the British government. According to the public statement, the two suspected spies were a couple both serving sensitive functions within the Chinese government. In 2015, one of [...]

The Louisiana legislature on Monday approved a bill that provides surgical castration as a sentencing option for certain aggravated sexual offenses against children younger than thirteen. Aggravated sexual offenses under Louisiana law include rape, molestation and human trafficking for sexual purposes. The surgical castration may be an addition to the original sentences of the offenses [...]