TOKYO – A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, becoming the only high court to uphold the state’s position among six rulings on similar lawsuits filed nationwide. The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under … Read more
Decision follows Senate vote to reopen the government, but legal saga has brought uncertainty to millions who need food assistance. Published On 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The highest court in the United States has extended a previous order allowing President Donald Trump to withhold food … Read more
Three defendants receive prison terms of up to 18 years over plots in 2019 and 2020. Published On 27 Oct 202527 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Hong Kong court has sentenced three people to prison terms of up to 18 years over three bomb plots in 2019 and … Read more
A lower court had previously ordered Trump to disburse the congressionally approved aid before its expiration date. Published On 26 Sep 202526 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States Supreme Court has again sided with President Donald Trump in allowing him to freeze $4bn in foreign aid from … Read more
MBABANE, Eswatini (AP) — A judge failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing in Eswatini on Thursday over the continued detention of four men deported by the United States to the southern African kingdom. The case was brought by several non-profit organizations that have challenged the legality of holding the men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and … Read more
A Kenyan High Court has issued an arrest warrant for a British national suspected of murdering a 21-year-old woman more than a decade ago. Agnes Wanjiru was killed in March 2012 and her body later found in a septic tank of a hotel in the central garrison town of Nanyuki nearly three months after she … Read more
Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed after a leaked phone call scandal. Thailand’s prime minister has been dismissed by the country’s Constitutional Court. Judges ruled Paetongtarn Shinawatra failed to defend the nation’s interests in a leaked phone call with the former leader of Cambodia, Hun Sen. So, what are the consequences of her dismissal? Presenter: Adrian Finighan … Read more
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide. The court said that the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations. The rest of the law — known as the “Duplomb law,” after the senator who proposed … Read more
The court declined to fast-track the review of the dispute over Trump having legal power to impose broad tariffs. The United States Supreme Court has declined to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs even before lower courts have ruled in the dispute. The Supreme Court denied … Read more
The United States is sanctioning four judges from the international criminal court (ICC) for what it has called its “illegitimate actions” targeting the United States and Israel. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the sanctions in a statement on Thursday. They target Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, … Read more