In a leaked audio, Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence, was heard supporting the First Liberty Institute, a far-right group opposing judicial reforms. These reforms gained traction after several scandals involving Justice Thomas’s undisclosed luxurious trips funded by Republican billionaires. This private donor call,...
LONDON (AA) – The UK government has unveiled a proposal to abolish the remaining hereditary peers’ right to sit and vote in the House of Lords, marking the most significant parliamentary reform in a quarter-century. Announced by ministers on Thursday, the bill seeks to remove the final 92 hereditary peers from the upper chamber, br...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s priority will be to work for the restoration of statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region held under Indian occupation, which was stripped of autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory by India’s ruling Bharatiy...
A far-right extremist group member from Kentucky has been sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Dan Edwin Wilson communicated with militia groups, including the Oath Keepers and Three Percenters. He also conspired to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Tru...
A former Memphis police officer has pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. Emmitt Martin is among five officers fired over Nichols’ fatal beating in January 2023, which was videotaped by five Black officers. Martin admitted to depriving Nichols of his civil rights and tampering wit...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has removed contentious sections from a February ruling related to the Ahmadiya community. The decision followed intense nationwide protests led by religious groups and the Council of Islamic Ideology. The court’s revised judgment, delivered by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, addresses objections to the term “preach” used...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club will host an “awards gala” on Sept. 5, celebrating individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. The event is being organized by pro-Trump PACs NEW GEN 47 and Vote Your Vision. It will honor contributors to the “Justice for All” […]...
A former attorney for the far-right group the Oath Keepers has pleaded guilty to charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Kellye SoRelle admitted to obstructing justice and unlawfully entering a restricted area. She faces up to 16 months in prison. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 17. SoRelle, who had […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A case has been filed against Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, eight members of her now-dissolved cabinet and police officers on charges of “crimes against humanity” and “genocide,” according to an official. The case was filed at the local International Crimes Tribun...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday overturned a conviction against Mohammed Yunus. “Professor Muhammad Yunus and three of his colleagues have been acquitted of labour charges,” one of his lawyers, Khaja Tanvir Ahmed, told AFP. “The court earlier this year sentenced them to six months in prison.R...
