UK court puts last-minute block on a deal to hand Chagos islands to Mauritius | World News

[ad_1] LONDON: A British court blocked the U.K. from transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, hours before the agreement was due to be signed on Thursday. The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty to Mauritius of the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important naval and bomber base on the […]

Institute of Peace reclaims its headquarters after court win over Musk’s cost-cutting team

[ad_1] The headquarters are located in Washington DC, US (Image: AP) The US Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters Wednesday, two days after a federal judge said the firing of its board and employees by Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency was illegal. The institute’s acting president, George Moose, entered the organization’s headquarters […]

UK court frees singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case | World News

[ad_1] UK court frees singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case (Photo: AP) Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown was released on 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. The decision by a London […]

Supreme Court Orders Maine House to Restore Voting Power to Censured Lawmaker, for Now

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Maine legislators to temporarily restore the voting power of a state lawmaker after she had been censured for a social media post that criticized transgender athletes’ participation in girls’ sports. The order was unsigned and did not provide the court’s reasoning, as is typical in such emergency applications. […]

US Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to deport 350,000 Venezuelans

[ad_1] Supreme court rules in Trump’s favour regarding deportations The US Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to the Trump administration to remove legal protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants.These individuals were previously shielded from deportation under a programme called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), designed to help people from countries hit by war […]

US top court allows lifting of legal protections for Venezuelans | World News

[ad_1] The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation.The top court granted a request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans while an appeal proceeds in a lower court.The United States grants […]

Supreme Court Lets Trump Lift Deportation Protections for Venezuelans

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday let the Trump administration, for now, remove protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who had been allowed to remain in the United States without risk of deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status. The court’s brief order was unsigned and gave no reasons, which is typical when […]

Diddy trial: Luigi Mangione’s lawyer assists defence as Combs makes heart gesture at her mother in court

[ad_1] Luigi Mangione and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (Picture credit: Agencies) Karen Friedman Agnifilo, wife of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lead attorney Marc Agnifilo, was seen conferring with members of the music mogul’s defence team during a break in court proceedings on Thursday.Among those she spoke to was defence attorney Anna Estevao, who has been spearheading the […]

Priya Saxena: Federal court protects Indian student Priya Saxena in US from deportation over minor traffic violation

[ad_1] Federal court protects Indian student Priya Saxena in US from deportation over minor traffic violation (Picture credit: LinkedIn, X) A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction protecting Priya Saxena, a 28-year-old Indian student who recently completed her PhD in South Dakota, from deportation following the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) attempt to revoke […]

US Supreme Court considers ending birthright citizenship: What it could mean for immigrants

[ad_1] The US Supreme Court is deliberating a case that could fundamentally alter the definition of American citizenship, as it weighs President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and those in the US on temporary visas. The implications are vast: more than 150,000 newborns could be […]