The Sri Lanka Police has warned that legal action will be taken against individuals involved in the unlawful hoarding and resale of fuel, as well as those spreading false information about fuel shortages on social media.
A trial that began yesterday (February 28) will determine whether Media Rights Capital (MRC) can recover more than $100 million in losses tied to the final season of House of Cards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli air attacks on Saturday has thrust Tehran to a pivotal crossroads as the ruling establishment looks to pick the late supreme leader’s successor.
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR), as the country’s independent national human rights institution and Gender and Development Ombud, welcomes the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision recognizing co-ownership of property in same-sex cohabitation and affirms that while this development strengthens the visibility of LG…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Team Velaris blended skill, poise and championship composure to outlast the SABR squad in a pulsating 23-21 gold medal showdown, ruling the PCL (Pickleball Champions League) Rising Stars U19 Sectional Tournament at Pickletown here over the weekend.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported that a three-member council made up of the president, the judiciary chief and a jurist from the Guardian Council will temporarily assume leadership duties.
A woman who cared for her ailing husband for years before his death, including periods where she stopped work, has lost a court bid to secure a share of his $1.9 million estate.
Australian foreign affairs minister says Israel and US should explain ‘the legal basis for the attacks’ on Iran and won’t say if Pine Gap used during strikes
Both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have said the Israeli-US strikes were aimed at ending a security threat and ensuring Iran could not develop a nuclear weapon. Source: AAP / Yi Yin
At least 85 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in southern Iran, the Iranian judiciary said. The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh schoolin the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, as the United States and Israel began launching strikes on ta…
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary said the death toll from a strike on Saturday that hit a school in the country's south has risen to 85, after the US and Israel launched a wave of attacks on the Islamic republic.
NEW ORLEANS — Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested and charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday and charged with one additional count of simple battery, court records show.
Former Joe Gibbs Racing competition director Chris Gabehart, right, and Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson are pictured Saturday Feb. 28, 2026, at the IndyCar race in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jenna Fryer)
Actor Shia LaBeouf, who was arrested this month over an alleged assault outside a bar during Mardi Gras, enters New Orleans Criminal Court, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
The US-Israeli air and missile strikes across Iran on Saturday have raised renewed questions about the two nations’ alleged breaches of international legal norms.
IN April 2025, the long-suffering consumers of provincial Davao were finally granted some relief from terrible electricity service and even worse management on the part of the Northern Davao Electric Cooperative Inc. (Nordeco) with the passage of Republic Act (RA) 12144, which effectively canceled Nordeco’s franchis…
ON Feb. 24, a group of 18 “ex-Marines,” accompanied by lawyer Levito Baligod, appeared at a press conference in historic Club Filipino. They came with a big story to tell amid public clamor for the indictment of the “big fish” involved in the corruption of public funds worth trillions of pesos. They satisfied the cr…
I am a small-business owner operating a Piso-net and Piso-Wi-Fi in our neighborhood. As my business continues to grow, I had to borrow money from a lender (Bumbay). When I tried to pay him P3,000.00 in coins, he refused to accept the payment and told me to pay in bills instead, saying that it was difficult to carry …
Last summer, I traveled to McLoud, Oklahoma, home to the state’s largest women’s prison. McLoud — a town of fewer than 5,000 residents — lies 30 miles east of Oklahoma City on a wide expanse of prairie. At the edge of town, off a rutted road, stands Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, a sprawl of concrete and razor w…
Living in a foreign country can leave newcomers vulnerable, especially when they lack familiarity with the local language, culture or legal system. Women, in particular, face heightened risks of domestic, sexual and other forms of violence.
MANILA, Philippines — The “Eya-Sisi Era” at Choco Mucho comes with sky-high expectations, but the duo is staying grounded by leaning into a bond that goes beyond the court.
Alabama center Charles Bediako (14) pulls down a rebound while guarded by Maryland guard Ian Martinez, left, during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament in Birmingham, Ala., March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was confirmed to have taken the post of director of the general affairs department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to state media Saturday.
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was confirmed to have taken the post of director of the general affairs department of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), according to state media Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced to 16½ years in prison a Wisconsin man who forged threats against President Donald Trump as part of a scheme to get the victim in a robbery case against him deported.
Christopher Gabehart, crew chief for Denny Hamlin, watches practice for a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)