Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaks as President Donald Trump signs the Gold Card executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Sept. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
The Taliban opened fire on a group of protesters demonstrating against the arrest of women who were accused of violating Afghanistan’s Taliban-imposed dress code, according to local media reports and statements published by human rights organizations and UN officials on Tuesday.
Sally Rooney, Greta Thunberg, Brian Cox and Steve Coogan are among around 100 figures jointly warning against four activists being sentenced to terrorism offences for actions they took against an Israeli arms manufacturer based in the UK.
In an unprecedented move, the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late Monday, after the court’s oversight body referred British barrister Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings.
A trial of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's brother for alleged influence peddling in a public sector appointment concluded on Tuesday, one of several corruption cases threatening the Socialist-led government.
Twenty-three new judges and public prosecutors for the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department have been sworn in before Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving on Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
Police in Northern Ireland said they had arrested a Sudanese man on Tuesday over a knife attack that left one person in a serious condition and prompted calls online for a protest after footage circulated on social media.
A Louisiana man fleeing police during a traffic stop faced an alligator on Sunday before continuing to run from authorities. He was, eventually, arrested, according to local officials.
France's government is under mounting pressure over the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose alleged killer had several times been denounced to police as a sex offender.
Kenyan protesters and police clashed Tuesday as officers fired tear gas at hundreds of people demonstrating against an Ebola quarantine centre being built for US citizens in a tourist town and made several arrests, AFP journalists saw.
DUBLIN — Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Tuesday after police said a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing and seriously wounding a man in north Belfast.
"Instamos as autoridades competentes a conduzirem uma investigação célere, rigorosa e transparente, capaz de identificar os autores materiais e morais deste crime e de os levar à Justiça", lê-se no comunicado da Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique.
At least 11 people were killed on Sunday during clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir’s Rawalakot city, capital of Poonch district, before a major demonstration scheduled by a banned civil society group for Tuesday.
Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has secured a significant legal victory after a court dismissed charges linked to millions of euros found in safes at his homes in 2015. Prosecutors have vowed to appeal the ruling in the long-running case.
MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Impeachment Court has scheduled the pre-trial conference in the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte on June 18, 2026, marking the next major step in the high-profile case.
An Afghan woman walks out of a cell inside the women’s section of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
PARIS — A new pill developed by the British pharma firm AstraZeneca appears to help people lose a similar amount of weight to other GLP-1 oral drugs, trial results showed Monday.
The appeal trial of Eugène Rwamucyo, a former Rwandan doctor sentenced to 27 years in prison for complicity in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, opened in Paris on Tuesday. The 67-year-old maintains his innocence and faces the possibility of a life sentence.
FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, people arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
When the Kremlin invaded Ukraine, French union activist Marie-Laetitia Garric found herself drawn to Russian anti-war activism as the country where she had spent time two decades ago triggered a full-scale war in Europe and plunged into deeper authoritarianism.
A man has been given a 12-month community order after being convicted in a first-of-its-kind sex-based harassment prosecution brought by the British Transport Police.
Welcome back. In the news today: Nithya Raman advances to the Los Angeles mayor runoff, passing Spencer Pratt; why Netanyahu and Trump are at odds over the Iran war; and a federal judge blocks the Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee. Also, the World Cup is just around the corner, and host cities are gearin…
A Seoul court on Tuesday ordered the preservation of ballot storage boxes and other materials from a polling station in Songpa-gu as evidence in potential litigation over a ballot shortage incident during the June 3 local elections.