UK court jails Ugandan judge over slavery conviction

A senior judge who worked for the United Nations as well as Uganda’s High Court has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after she was convicted of enslaving a young woman to work as a maid in the United Kingdom.The Oxford Crown Court found that Lydia Mugambe had taken “advantage of […]

Ex-husband of Abrego Garcia’s wife called him a ‘gang member’ in court filing: New details emerge

Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Bukele have been in touch about Abrego Garcia. In a startling revelation in the deportation case of Maryland’s Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, it has now been found that he was referred to as a gang member in a 2018 lawsuit, The lawsuit was, however, filed by the ex-husband […]

‘I am not afraid of you’: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi’s ‘loud and clear’ message to Donald Trump outside court

Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested during his citizenship interview, was released today after a court order in Vermont. Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from ICE custody following an order from US district judge Geoffrey Crawford. Immediately after coming out of the Vermont courtroom, Mahdawi said, “I am saying it clear and loud to […]

Cuban court revokes conditional release of two prominent dissidents

Representative Image (AI-generated) HAVANA: Cuba’s Supreme Court said Tuesday it had revoked the provisional release from prison granted to opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer as part of a landmark deal struck with former US President Joe Biden in return for sanctions relief.Ferrer and Felix Navarro, another prisoner granted a similar reprieve in January had “failed […]

EU top court rules ‘golden passport’ schemes are illegal

European Court of Justice, Luxembourg (Image: AP) BRUSSELS: “Golden passport” schemes for deep-pocketed foreign investors violate European Union law, the bloc’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, after a legal challenge against Malta by Brussels.“The acquisition of Union citizenship cannot result from a commercial transaction,” the EU’s Court of Justice said, ruling that Malta had infringed […]

US President Trump calls Harvard ‘anti-Semitic’ as fight over funding heads to court

WASHINGTON: US President Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution,” as the university battles his administration’s funding freeze in court.Since returning to White House, Trump has sought to bring several universities to heel over claims they tolerated anti-Semitism on their campuses, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrollment of foreign […]

South Korean truth commission halts probe into adoption fraud, hundreds of cases in limbo

SEOUL: The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, a decision stemming from internal disputes among commissioners regarding which cases warranted recognition as problematic. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission confirmed human rights violations in just 56 of the 367 […]

Twelve states sue Donald Trump administration in trade court over ‘chaotic and illegal’ tariff policy

A coalition of 12 US states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US Court of International Trade in New York, seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, which they say is unlawful and has disrupted the national economy. The legal challenge accuses Trump of abusing emergency powers under the 1977 International Emergency Economic […]

US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools | World News

WASHINGTON: The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on Tuesday about whether parents have the religious right to pull their children from classes when books containing LGBTQ-related content are read or discussed.The court will review an appeal filed by parents against a Maryland public school district where, in 2022, books aimed […]

Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care

The Supreme Court appeared divided during arguments on Monday over the constitutionality of a provision of the Affordable Care act that can require insurance companies to offer some types of preventive care for free. At issue is a part of the 2010 health care law that established a task force that determines certain kinds of […]