Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy leaders in mass trial
A Hong Kong court on Tuesday sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to prison for violating China's National Security Law. File Photo By Jerome Favre/EPA-EFE Nov.…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court orders undated, misdated ballots be excluded from Senate recount
1 of 3 | Pennsylvania's Supreme Court ordered state county election officials on Monday to not count disputed ballots in the U.S. Senate race between…
Steve Bannon’s trial in border wall charity scheme case delayed
NEW YORK — Conservative strategist Steve Bannon won’t face trial until February on state charges of conspiring to dupe donors to build a border wall, a…
Billions at stake in court battle over North Sea oil and gas
PA MediaProtesters from Greenpeace and Uplift gathered outside the Court of Session in Edinburgh at the start of the caseHow much oil - and how…
French court orders release of Lebanon’s Georges Ibrahim Abdallah | News
Abdallah was given a life sentence for his role in the murders of USA’s Charles Ray and Israeli diplomat Yacov Barsimant.A French court has ordered…
What happened in Abu Ghraib and why did a US court award damages? | Civil Rights News
A United States jury has ruled that Virginia-based defence contractor CACI must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the Abu Ghraib…
One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court
Members of the Military Police of the Federal District, Civil Police, and Judicial Police, guard the site where explosions occurred Wednesday at the Three Powers…
One dead after two reported explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court | Government News
Federal police in Brazil are investigating after a pair of explosions rocked the heart of the country’s capital Brasilia, just steps away from the Federal…
Brazil Supreme Court evacuated after blasts in capital
Brazil's Supreme Court has been evacuated and a man has been found dead after two explosions were heard outside the building on Wednesday evening. The…
The week’s bestselling books, Nov. 17
Hardcover fiction1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love.…
Supreme Court denies Mark Meadows’ bid to move election subversion case to federal court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to move his state-level 2020 election subversion case…
High court rejects push to move case against ex-Trump chief of staff
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to let former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows move the election interference case against him in…
Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump’s conviction in hush money case
NEW YORK — A judge postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case, after his lawyers called for…
Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania | Migration News
Under the deal, people from ‘safe’ countries are to be held in Albania while their claims for asylum are processed.Seven asylum seekers have been sent…
Opinion: Trump and our disappearing checks and balances
If ever a U.S. president needed the checks and balances that the founders established, it’s law-breaking, oath-violating Donald Trump.Yet those checks by Congress and the…
Bolivia court bars former leader Evo Morales from running for office | Politics News
The ruling prevents the country’s first Indigenous president from contesting elections scheduled in August 2025.Bolivia’s constitutional court has barred former President Evo Morales from running…
Trump’s win may extend conservative control of Supreme Court for decades
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, combined with the Republican takeover of the Senate, may extend conservative control of the Supreme Court for another two…
The week’s bestselling books, Nov. 10
Hardcover fiction1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love.…
French court jails 18 members of English Channel people-smuggling network | News
The longest sentence of 15 years is given to Iraqi national Mirkhan Rasoul, who was accused of leading the network.A French court has found 18…
Georgia Supreme Court overturns absentee ballot extension in Cobb County
Elections workers in Georgia process absentee ballots Monday, as Georgia’s Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s 3-day ballot extension in the swing state. The court…