Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation restoring the independence of the country’s leading anti-corruption agencies, reversing a controversial law enacted last week that placed them under the prosecutor general’s control. The new law was adopted by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, with 331 votes in favor and none opposed. The law reestablishes the autonomy [...]
The thunders of exploding bombs recently interrupted my night, a morose testament to Russia’s nocturnal attacks on Ukraine, which have become a defining feature of the Russo-Ukrainian war. These barrages heavily accelerated following peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul on Wednesday. Thereafter, Russia launched fresh military strikes across Ukraine, underscoring diplomacy’s limited [...]
On Friday, a US federal judge in New York issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the government from mass-cancelling of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants, finding that President Donald Trump’s administration likely violated the First Amendment by rescinding NEH grants based on viewpoint discrimination. The lawsuit, brought by the Authors Guild and several affected [...]
France officially transferred control of its last military installations in Senegal to local authorities in a ceremony on Thursday, concluding the permanent deployment of French troops in the country since Senegal gained independence in 1960. The withdrawal of over 350 troops marks the completion of a process initiated in March, when France began handing over [...]
The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously adopted resolution 2786, extending the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) in Yemen until January 28, 2026. The renewal underscores the mission’s role in sustaining the 2018 Stockholm cease-fire agreement and demilitarization of the critical docks in the port of Hudaydah, through which much of Yemen’s [...]
A leaked internal memo obtained by the Washington Post and published Sunday revealed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has authorization to deport individuals to a “third country,” or nation other than one’s country of origin, with just six hours’ notice “in exigent circumstances.” While standard protocol allows for at least 24‑hour notice, the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday upheld a New York law that permits state and private actors to sue gun manufacturers and sellers for contributing to gun violence. In its opinion, a three-judge panel rejected arguments that the state’s law is preempted by the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in [...]
Europe’s top human rights official on Friday raised concerns that Serbian authorities are using violence and arbitrary arrests to disperse protests against President Aleksandar Vučić’s populist government. The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, Michael O’Flaherty, wrote in a statement that he was “concerned about the current human rights situation in Serbia.” He specifically [...]
New York City filed an amicus brief in a federal habeas corpus proceeding on Tuesday, supporting a former high school student who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after attending his mandatory immigration hearing in lower Manhattan. The city filed the brief in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New [...]
A US federal judge in the Eastern District of New York on Monday blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians five months earlier than scheduled. The court decision affects an estimated 521,000 Haitians who have received TPS protections allowing them to live and work legally in [...]
