UN Security Council (UNSC) President Sebastiano Cardi on Monday condemned violence in Myanmar’s state of Rakhine and urged the Myanmar government to stop using excessive military force and “work with Bangladesh and the United Nations to allow the voluntary return of refugees in conditions of safety and dignity to their homes, on the basis of [...]
Former Kenya lawmaker Harun Mwau filed a petition on Monday at the Supreme Court of Kenya challenging last month’s presidential election win for President Uhuru Kenyatta claiming the election was not free and fair. On October 26 Kenyatta won the right to another five-year term by 98 percent of the vote. In September the Supreme [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Merit Management Group, LP, v. FTI Consulting, Inc. , a case concerning the scope of protection afforded certain institutions acting as so-called “safe harbors” in claims against bankruptcy trustees. The controversy arose out of a securities transaction between FTI as the estate bankruptcy trustee and [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court’s decision to enforce an original plea bargain in accordance with contract law principles, finding such application was not supported by federal law. The case arose from a California criminal conviction. Respondent Michael Cuero was charged with a misdemeanor and two felonies, one of which was [...]
Bahrain issued a statement Saturday declaring that the country has a right to reclaim lands that the nation believes were wrongfully taken by Qatar. The lands in dispute were settled by a International Court of Justice decision in 2001. The court split the territory, including settling maritime lines. This decision has never been accepted by [...]
The US Supreme Court unanimously concluded on Monday that Alabama may execute a death row inmate, Vernon Madison, who claims to be mentally incompetent and unfit to be executed under the Eighth Amendment due to several strokes and vascular dementia. The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted Madison a stay in 2016, [...]
Saudi Arabia officials on Sunday arrested dozens of individuals, including princes, military officers, influential businessmen and government ministers, as part of a wide ranging anti-corruption probe. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been the driving force behind the anti-corruption probe, living up to his promise to modernize the country. A royal decree stated that the [...]
Liberia’s Supreme Court on Monday suspended the presidential run-off vote that had been scheduled for November 7 until the National Elections Commission (NEC) can investigate allegations of fraud from the initial October 10 vote. Article 83 of the Liberia Constitution states a run-off election is necessary, “if no candidate obtains an absolute majority in the [...]
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled Monday that no region within the country may secede from the state. The ruling is in response to the disputed referendum by the northern Kurdish region who overwhelmingly voted for independence, with 92 percent of the voters opting to secede from Iraq. In a press release the spokesperson for the [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Samsung’s appeal in a patent case against Apple over Smartphone features. Samsung argued that three of Apple’s patents covered trivial advances that were not eligible for legal protection. Monday’s order lets stand an appeals court decision reinstating a jury verdict awarding $120 million to Apple for [...]
