The US Supreme Court dealt a blow on Friday to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s bid to limit birthright citizenship, ordering lower courts that blocked the policy to reconsider the scope of their orders. However,…
The office of Brazil’s solicitor general said on Friday it was conducting technical analyses that could lead the government to take legal action against the decision by Congress to overturn a tax hike on some financial transactions. The AGU office said in a statement it had started the review at the request of President Luiz Inacio Lula…
A German foreign ministry official on Friday rejected “unfounded accusations” made by Russia’s foreign ministry that Berlin had persecuted Russian journalists working in the country. “In contrast to Russia’s increasingly harsh repression of journalists, Germany upholds the principles of the rule of law and freedom of the press,” the official said in a statement. Russia…
Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least 62 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The reported killing of people seeking aid marks the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid sites in Gaza, where a US- and Israeli-backed foundation has…
US President Donald Trump said Friday he had saved Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination and lashed out at the supreme leader for ingratitude, declaring he would order more bombing if the country tried to pursue nuclear weapons. In an extraordinary outburst on his Truth Social platform, Trump blasted Tehran for claiming to have won…
– Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo signed a U.S.-brokered peace agreement on Friday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more this year. The agreement marks a breakthrough in talks held by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and aims to attract billions of dollars of…
The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to two people familiar with the matter. Those dismissed include two attorneys who worked as supervisors overseeing…
South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol answered a summons on Saturday by a special prosecutor under a threat of another arrest as an investigation intensified over the ousted leader’s failed bid to impose martial law in December. Yoon, through his lawyers, has protested the special prosecutor’s demands to appear for questioning under media attention…
With Sudan in the grips of war and millions struggling to find enough to eat, many are turning to weeds and wild plants to quiet their pangs of hunger. They boil the plants in water with salt because, simply, there is nothing else. Grateful for the lifeline it offered, a 60-year-old retired school teacher penned…
Iran held a state funeral on Saturday for approximately 60 individuals, including top military commanders and nuclear scientists, who were killed during its 12-day conflict with Israel. The ceremony followed a strong rebuke from Tehran’s foreign minister over former U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling them “unacceptable.” The funeral…
