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Bangladesh crackdown: 15 army officers arrested; accused in enforced disappearance cases during Hasina regime

Bangladesh former PM Sheikh Hasina The Bangladesh Army on Saturday announced that it has taken into custody 15 serving officers over the alleged cases of enforced disappearances during the tenure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down following student-led protests in August 2024.The army’s action comes three days after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal […]

Trump’s Nevada attorney disqualified: Judge bars Sigal Chattah from handling cases; court cites overstay illegal | World News

Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada Sigal Chattah (Pic credit: AP) A federal judge on Tuesday disqualified Nevada’s acting US Attorney Sigal Chattah from overseeing several criminal cases, ruling that the Trump appointee has remained in her temporary post beyond the legally allowed period. US District Judge David G. Campbell sided with defense lawyers who argued […]

‘Heart of democracy’: Barack Obama addresses Charlie Kirk and Jimmy Kimmel cases; stresses defending free speech

Former US President Barack Obama on Thursday defended freedom of speech as a core democratic value, weighing in on the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.“This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, […]

‘Abortion worse than Holocaust’: Charlie Kirk’s controversial views resurface; opposed terminations even in extreme cases

Trump ally and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot Thursday during a college event, had previously compared abortion to the Holocaust. In a resurfaced video, Kirk stated, “We allow the massacre of a million and a half babies a year under the guise of women’s reproductive health. We are allowing babies to be […]

H-1B visa bias? Assistant attorney general Dhillon probing cases; ‘list continues to grow’

In a major development of the H-1B row, the US President Donald Trump-led administration is taking action against companies which are discriminating against American workers. The programme, which allows foreign workers to fill roles in the US, has long been criticised for limiting opportunities for native-born Americans.Assistant attorney general for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, confirmed […]

Saudi Justice Ministry launches unified translation services on e-Litigation platform to speed up court cases | World News

The Ministry of Justice now handles all judicial translation requests digitally through the e-Litigation platform, improving speed and accuracy/ Image: File The Ministry of Justice in Saudi Arabia has formally launched a centralized translation service through its e-Litigation platform, streamlining all judicial translation processes to support efficient legal communication and case handling. A system-wide overhaul […]

H-1B cap cases denied because of digital signatures? All you need to know

Several cases of H-1B petition being denied were reported because of digital signatures which the agency is not accepting any more. Some immigration law offices that deal with H-1B petitions have raised an alert that they are seeing denials of benefit requests over the validity of signatures. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services intensified their […]

‘Terrorist crimes’: Saudi Arabia executes 17 people in 3 days in drug-related cases; death penalty surge draws global scrutiny

Saudi Arabia authorities executed two people on Monday for “terrorist crimes,” bringing the total number of executions to 17 over three days. The latest deaths follow the execution of 15 other individuals- mostly foreign nationals- on Saturday and Sunday for drug offenses, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, cited by CBS News.Thirteen of those […]

Worrisome’: US visa delays hit all-time high, 11.3 million cases pending

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is struggling to keep up with a piling number of immigration cases, reaching an all-time high of 11.3 million pending applications.Immigration attorneys said the Trump administration’s efforts to find fraudulent cases have set back the pace of the process and resulted in “massive backlogs” across an immigration system […]

France charges 25 suspects in crypto abduction cases | World News

France charges 25 suspects in crypto abduction cases (Photo: AFP) Twenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of top figures in France’s cryptocurrency world, prosecutors said on Saturday.“Eighteen people have been placed in pre-trial detention, three have requested a deferred hearing, and four have been […]