Tag: Court
US Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down, setback to Trump
US federal judge sided with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and ordered the Dakota Access pipeline to shut down until more environmental review is...
Jamal Khashoggi fiancee appears as Turkish court opens trial of 20...
Jamal Khashoggi fiancee told a court the Washington Post columnist was lured to his death at Saudi Consulate through "a great betrayal and deception".
Turkish...
Myanmar finds troops guilty in Rohingya genocide
Myanmar military officers have been found guilty by a court-martial investigating atrocities against Rohingya in conflict-ridden Rakhine state.
In rare action, three military officers found...
American top Court rules to uphold abortion rights
American Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law regulating abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights.
It was the Supreme Court's first ruling on...
United States ambassador appears on Lebanese TV despite despite ban
United States ambassador Dorothy Shea appears on Lebanese TV despite of court-imposed ban for a year over remarks that criticised powerful Shi’ite movement.
Lebanese media...
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to end Obamacare
Trump administration has long called Obamacare a disgrace, but Republicans have yet to propose a popular replacement for the law.
President Donald Trump's administration petitioned...
Kosovo’s President along with nine others indicted for war crimes
Kosovo's President and nine others were indicted by a court investigating war crimes committed during and after Kosovo's independence war with Serbia.
Court probing crimes...
Khartoum close to a deal with US over embassy bombings
Khartoum will soon compensate victims of the al-Qaeda attacks in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, Foreign Minister Asmaa Abdallah said.
Sudan is finalising a deal...
Official who took $3.2m bribe from Bangladeshi MP in Kuwait wanted
Kuwait’s Public Prosecution is continuing its marathon investigation into the case of the Bangladeshi MP,taken into custody on charges of human trafficking.
A source familiar...
Indonesian court to deliver verdict in West Papua treason trial
Indonesian court to deliver a verdict in a high-profile trial of seven West Papuans accused of treason, a case that drawn concern about political...
German far-right AfD wins symbolic court case against Interior minister
German far-right political party AfD won case against Interior minister,Court says minister breached neutrality rule by publishing his 'biased' remarks.
Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled...
Iran to execute man convicted of spying on Soleimani for CIA
Iran has decided to execute man who convicted of spying on slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani,helped US intelligence agencies in killing.
An Iranian who...
Ritchie Cynthia’s allegations ‘pre-planned’ plot:PPP
Ritchie Cynthia explosive allegations were a pre-planned plot to malign the political leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party,Sindh Education Minister said.
The minister, during his press...
Sweden ex-envoy to China goes on trial for overstepping mandate
Sweden prosecutor accuses former ambassador to China Anna Lindstedt of brokering unauthorised meeting for Chinese-Swedish dissident's release.
Sweden's former ambassador to Beijing goes on trial...
Legal agreement reached between Russian firm,French far-right party
Legal agreement reached between France's far-right National Rally party led by Marine Le Pen and a Russian firm over a $10.1m debt dispute.
National Rally...
Governor Ron DeSantis asks court to stay felon voting ruling
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis gave notice that he will appeal a judge’s decision on voting rights for felons, while asking for a stay...
Pope Francis introduces new tenders law to curb corruption
Pope Francis initiated legislation to brings the Holy See in line with international anti-corruption standards,Consider as result of four years of work.
The Vatican has...
Australian court ruled archives must release letters to Queen Elizabeth surrounding...
Australian court has ruled that country’s archives must release of letters to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her local representative surrounding PM sacking.
An Australian court...
Hungary govt tightens asylum rules, migrant transit zones
Hungary government has tightened asylum rules,shut so-called migrant transit zones on its borders freeing some 300 refugees from prison-like conditions.
During the peak of Europe’s...
Burundi election commission declares governing party’s candidate
Burundi election commission has declared governing party's candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye winner of country's presidential election.
The vote is meant to usher in the first democratic...
Saudi journalist family forgive killers, opening way to legal reprieve
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi family forgave his murders, paving the way for a reprieve for five defendants sentenced to death.
The family of slain Saudi...
Britain introduces bolstered legislation for terrorism
Britain has introduced new bill in which terror suspects in the United Kingdom could have their movements monitored indefinitely.
The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill entered...
