200 Palestinians freed in Gaza truce deal
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HAMILTON, Canada (AA)- A Pakistani national has been charged with murder-for-hire in an alleged plot to assassinate current and former government officials, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Asif Merchant, 46, arrived from Pakistan in April after spending time in Iran. He met an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman and paid him $...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US federal judge has scheduled a conference for Aug. 16 with defense and prosecution teams in an election interference case against former president Donald Trump, according to local media. The conference with District Judge Tanya Chutkan will determine a schedule for pretrial proceedings, according to a late Saturday co...
A judge has approved a settlement in a 2017 lawsuit challenging the detention of Iraqi nationals targeted for deportation during the Trump administration. The settlement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE imposes strict conditions on future detentions and removals, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU attorney Mir...
ANKARA (AA) – A group of eminent citizens in India has written a letter to the country’s defense minister, calling on him to halt the license process that enables exporters to send arms and ammunition to Israel. “India should immediately suspend its collaboration in the delivery of military material to Israel. Further, India must immediately [...
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has confirmed that the state can execute death row inmates using a firing squad, lethal injection, or the electric chair. This paves the way for executions to resume after a 13-year hiatus. The ruling, which was delivered Wednesday, supports the state’s revised death penalty protocols. These include the new...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced a bill to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity rulings on former President Donald Trump. This bill would reaffirm the president is not immune to legal accountability and remove the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to hear appeals related to presidential immunity. Last month, the Court grant...
A federal court has upheld Mississippi’s law permitting the counting of mail-in ballots for up to five business days post-election. Judge Louis Guirola Jr. of the Southern District of Mississippi ruled the state’s law complies with federal regulations as there is no specific federal mandate on absentee ballot counting. This decision reinforces...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden called Monday for three “bold reforms” to restore trust and accountability to the Supreme Court. “We need these reforms to restore trust in the courts, preserve the system of checks and balances that are vital to our democracy,” Biden said during an address at the LBJ Presiden...
An ex-Marine has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The US District Court in Washington also imposed a $22,000 fine and 36 months of supervised release on Tyler Dykes. Dykes was convicted for assaulting police officers. He was also found […]
A report by Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance has revealed the harsh realities of America’s drug policies and deportation practices. The report reveals that thousands face deportation annually for past drug offenses, despite these acts no longer being crimes in many states. The report underscores how outdated federal laws d...
