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UN Security Council extends sanctions against South Sudan for one year
The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2731 (2024) on Thursday, extending for one year the sanctions regime imposed on South Sudan that includes asset freezes, travel bans and an arms embargo. The ...
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Argentina train drivers announce strike due to inability to reach salary agreement
The Brotherhood labor union announced on Thursday that it is going to decrease the speed of all trains to 19 miles per hour for 24 hours as a strike measure on Sunday. The strike comes as the result ...
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UK Bar Council calls for inquiry into backlogs of cases at the Criminal Courts.
The UK Bar Council called for an inquiry into the backlog at the Criminal Courts, announcing in a press release on Thursday that it has provided written evidence in pursuit of the inquiry. The Bar ...
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US imposes visa restrictions on officials regarding Hong Kong national security convictions
The US Department of State imposed new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials on Friday after a Hong Kong court convicted 14 activists of conspiring to commit subversion under the ...
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UN refugee chief urges global action as displaced population soars to 114 million
The number of people displaced by war, violence and prosecution has skyrocketed to a staggering 114 million, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi revealed in an address to the United ...
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US Department of Justice dismantles massive botnet in major cybercrime crackdown
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday reported the arrest of Chinese national YunHe Wang on charges of creating and using malware that was used in cyber attacks, large-scale fraud and child ...
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US appeals court upholds release of jailed indigent defendants without timely counsel
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a district court’s order to release jailed indigent Oregon defendants if they do not receive legal counsel within seven days. The Ninth ...
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US appeals court rejects unreasonable detention for noncitizens without bond hearing
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that the detention of non-citizens without a bond hearing violated their due process rights under the US Constitution, upholding a lower ...
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US appeals court delivers partial judgment in favor of Army lieutenant’s excessive force claim
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit court delivered a ruling on Friday that provided a partial judgment in favor of the Black and Latino Army lieutenant, Caron Nazario, who had been ...
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Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion laws
The Texas Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the state's abortion laws Friday. The issue at hand was whether Texas's civil abortion law prohibiting abortion unless a woman is facing a ...
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Sweden says Iran used criminal networks to threaten security of local individuals, groups and other states
The Swedish Security Service, commonly referred to as Säpo, said on Thursday that the Iranian government used criminal ...
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North Korea launches suspected ballistic missiles following reconnaissance satellite
North Korea launched Thursday around 10 suspected short-range ballistic missiles to its eastern sea and attacked the global positioning system, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff reported. The ...