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A-G asks High Court to freeze law separating police investigations unit from prosecution

The High Court of Justice should temporarily freeze a law separating the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department from the State Attorney’s Office, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara argued on Monday, warning that it would create a “political prosecution unit” capable of intimidating police officers, inve…

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Knesset to High Court: Judicial-selection overhaul does not justify striking down Basic Law

The Knesset told the High Court of Justice that Israel’s new judicial-selection system should not be struck down simply because the justices may consider the existing system better, arguing that only severe damage to the country’s democratic character could justify invalidating part of a Basic Law.

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Questions arise over suspect's freedom after deadly Berlin Pride festival attack

Saturday night’s fatal attack near the Berlin Pride Festival left locals shaken. Mourners continued to bring flowers to the city’s Brandenburg Gate on Monday to pay tribute to the victims. A woman was killed in the attack and at least 16 people got injured, police confirmed. (AP video shot by: Pietro De Cristofaro)

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Lindsay Clancy goes on trial, saying postpartum psychosis drove her to kill her 3 children

PLYMOUTH, Massachusetts — In the months after the birth of her third child, Lindsay Clancy 's mental health collapsed. Manic, unable to sleep and stricken with thoughts of harming herself, she sought care from experts in postpregnancy mood disorders, was put on multiple psychiatric medications, and when nothing work…

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WATCH: Marcos: I am not the president of my friends

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reflects on the progress made since uncovering widespread corruption in flood control projects a year ago. He highlighted the extensive, impartial investigation that led to charges and detentions for contractors, high-ranking officials, and lawmakers in his 5th State of the Nation Addr…

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Iranian man who murdered teenage daughter outside salon receives eight year sentence

The father of Fatemeh Soltani, who murdered the 18-year-old nail artist in April last year outside a salon, was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay diyah (blood money) by the the Tehran Criminal Court, according to a social media account taken over by the victim’s family, Iranian media reports, and…

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