Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-23 17:11 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A man who threatened to commit a massacre on Bourke Street and was later found with a “sharpened kitchen knife” in the Melbourne CBD had only just got out of prison, a court has heard.
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[2026-05-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Nadiem Makarim stares down an 18-year prison term, Indonesians abroad are asking whether public service back home is a legal liability
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[2026-05-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Gojek] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Nadiem Makarim stares down an 18-year prison term, Indonesians abroad are asking whether public service back home is a legal liability
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[2026-05-23 14:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Central District Court sentenced a Mongolian man to six months in prison, suspended for one year, for attempting to exchange 9.4 million won ($6,200) worth of counterfeit Japanese yen he found at his workplace, local media reported Saturday.
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[2026-05-23 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the continued detention of former president Rodrigo Duterte pending trial, rejecting defense arguments that his declining health and cognitive impairment warranted release.
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[2026-05-23 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) granted former president Rodrigo Duterte's request to skip the first status conference in his crimes against humanity case, while denying a victims’ lawyer to participate remotely.
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[2026-05-23 13:14 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Until this week, Tony and Kate Ticehurst thought this stage of their nightmare was about to be over. Daniel Billings, the man who murdered their daughter Molly in a 2024 domestic violence attack which shocked the nation, was days away from being sentenced, ending two years of legal process and incalculable degrees of emotional torture.
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[2026-05-23 11:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A bill has been introduced at the National Assembly to elevate the head of the Justice Ministry’s Korea Immigration Service to vice ministerial rank, in a move aimed at strengthening Korea’s immigration policy apparatus amid a growing foreign resident population, legal circles said Saturday.
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[2026-05-23 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hungary has withdrawn its intention to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Friday.
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[2026-05-23 09:57 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Michael Agzarian was charged despite internal legal advice that the images were ‘political satire’, court hears
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[2026-05-23 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oliverio Mora Huerta, left, is interviewed with his family before going to Immigration Court Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Concord, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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[2026-05-23 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The indictment was ‘an abuse of prosecuting power’ against a man at the centre of a row over Trump’s migrant crackdown, the judge ruled
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[2026-05-23 09:19 UTC+10:00] [Tennessee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The indictment was ‘an abuse of prosecuting power’ against a man at the centre of a row over Trump’s migrant crackdown, the judge ruled
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[2026-05-23 09:11 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
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[2026-05-23 08:50 UTC+10:00] [Suits and Litigation (Civil)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A coalition of individuals and groups says it was targeted by an overzealous Justice Department under President Trump in a lawsuit filed on Friday, challenging the $1.8 billion fund the president said would be created for victims of a “weaponized” federal government.
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[2026-05-23 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: First lady Melania Trump speaks during an event for military mothers in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-23 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year.
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[2026-05-23 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mahmoud Khalil, who has been targeted for deportation by the administration of US President Donald Trump over his pro-Palestine advocacy, will appeal his case to the Supreme Court, according to his lawyers.
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[2026-05-23 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — A coalition of President Donald Trump's critics, including a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest, sued Friday to block payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for Trump allies claiming to be victims of a weaponized government.
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[2026-05-23 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United States judge has dismissed an indictment against Kilmar Abrego Garcia after finding that he would not have been prosecuted if he had not challenged his deportation.
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[2026-05-23 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil holds a news conference outside Federal Court, Oct. 21, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-05-23 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 05:43 UTC+10:00] [Kilmar Ábrego García] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Judge said Trump administration would not have prosecuted Ábrego García had he not challenged his high-profile deportation
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[2026-05-23 05:40 UTC+10:00] [Decisions and Verdicts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A federal judge on Friday dismissed the criminal case against the immigrant Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, ruling that the Trump administration had brought human smuggling charges against him as part of a vindictive effort to punish him for challenging his wrongful deportation to El Salvador last year.
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[2026-05-23 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, center, hold hands as people rally in support of him at a news conference outside federal court after a hearing in his case on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Greenbelt, Md. (AP Photo/Michael Kunzelman)
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[2026-05-23 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A divided federal appeals court on Friday declined to reconsider a ruling in Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil's case that opened the door to US President Donald Trump's administration re-arresting and deporting the pro-Palestinian activist.
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[2026-05-23 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Chelmsford immigration court judge Nina Fróes sits in her living room in Mattapoisett, Mass., on April 27, 2026, holding a letter notifying her that her position was not converted, effectively ending her role as a judge. (Eleonora Bianchi/The New Bedford Light via AP)
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[2026-05-23 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Trump administration has said foreign nationals who enter the US on temporary visas should return to their home countries if they want to apply for permanent residency, arguing that the move is aimed at reinforcing the existing legal immigration system.
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[2026-05-23 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, shout slogans as they gather outside the party’s headquarters in Ankara, Friday, May 22, 2026. (Gunsu Ozmen/DIA Photo via AP)
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[2026-05-23 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during an oversight hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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[2026-05-23 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 04:17 UTC+10:00] [Mahmoud Khalil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Move comes after federal appeals court upholds ruling that opens door for government to detain and deport Khalil
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[2026-05-23 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a national registry for tourist accommodation to combat illegal short-term rentals, ruling that the central government had overstepped its authority into areas controlled by the regions.
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[2026-05-23 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel approved the establishment of a special military tribunal to try Palestinians accused of participating in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel earlier this month, and will give the body the power to impose the death penalty.
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[2026-05-23 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The State Prosecutor’s Office filed an indictment with the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday against 25-year-old Jerusalem resident Israel Grossman, who is accused of aggravated intentional sabotage as an act of terror, arson, property damage, and obstructing a police officer in the course of duty in the village of Jalud, located in the Nablus district.
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[2026-05-23 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Panels that were part of an exhibit on slavery at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia are put back on Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)
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[2026-05-23 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Two teenagers detained for life after murdering a stranger in an unprovoked racist attack have had their case referred to the appeals court, to see if their sentences are too lenient.
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[2026-05-23 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-23 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry paid Kenneth Iwamasa $150,000 a year to be his live-in personal assistant. His role for the “Friends” star would expand to drug messenger, addiction enabler and de facto doctor, according to court filings.
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[2026-05-23 02:41 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Alberta premier calls for referendum on secession after judge ruled initiative to force binding vote invalid
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[2026-05-23 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE latest International Criminal Court (ICC) spectacle in the Philippines is being marketed, predictably, as a grand morality play about accountability, justice and the rule of law. But scratch the surface, it’s actually a new franchise of the “Hunger Games” among political elites played in the domestic political theater dressed in international legal costume.
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[2026-05-23 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Last December 2025, my husband and his friends were apprehended for alleged use of prohibited drugs. He was, then, charged with the violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, but the same was dismissed.
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[2026-05-23 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An incident involving 13 Soviet-designed MiG fighter jets chasing a mysterious star-shaped UFO was among the encounters described in newly declassified top-secret files released after a decades-long legal battle with the US intelligence community.
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[2026-05-23 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An incident involving 13 Soviet-designed MiG fighter jets chasing a mysterious star-shaped UFO was among the encounters described in newly declassified top-secret files released after a decades-long legal battle with the US intelligence community.
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[2026-05-23 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Turkish court has annulled the 2023 leadership election of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), dealing a blow to opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP).
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[2026-05-22 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A second lawsuit challenging the creation of the controversial $1.8 billion 'lawfare" fund by the Department of Justice was filed Friday in Virginia federal court.
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[2026-05-22 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A man, arrested for shouting "I will kill you Jews," who then threatened to blow up Jewish schools an hour after being released from custody, was jailed in a London court on Friday after admitting antisemitic hate crimes.
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