Liberia’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that parts of the country’s Aliens and Nationality Law were unconstitutional. The case was brought when Alvin Jalloh, a Liberian-born citizen who had obtained dual Liberian-American citizenship, was denied entry into the country without first obtaining a non-immigrant visa. Section 22.2 of the Aliens and Nationality Law allows the citizenship [...]

The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide carried out by Ottoman forces between 1915 and 1923. The Senate resolution follows the passing of an identical resolution in the US House of Representatives in October, which passed by a vote of 405-11. The resolution, “Expressing the sense of the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that a man who allegedly faced repeated racial harassment by his neighbor was entitled to have his case heard in the district court, remanding the case for further proceedings. Between February 2012 and September 2012, Donahue Francis was allegedly harassed and threatened by his [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. The charges were announced by Attorney General Avichai Mandelbilt. The indictment lists three cases—4000, 2000 and 1000—and also indicts Shaul and Iris Elovitch and Arnon Mozes. Case 4000 addresses bribery and breach of trust. Netanyahu is accused of [...]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist organization known as ISIS, died on Saturday during a US raid in northwest Syria, according to a Sunday morning statement by US President Donald Trump. According to Trump’s statement, the ISIS leader died after he fled into a dead-end tunnel and detonated a suicide vest, killing himself [...]