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Trump Lawyers Tried to Hide Draft Executive Order to Seize Voting Machines - Reports

The landmark trial over death of Burkina revolutionary Sankara

After three months of hearings, the landmark trial into the assassination of Burkina Faso's 1980s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara enters it final stage next Monday

UN Agencies Seek Release of Gravely Ill Palestinian Child Held by Israel - Joint Statement

Several UN agencies called Thursday for Israel to immediately release 17-year-old Amal Nakhleh who is seriously ill but in administrative detention

Probe finds ex-pope Benedict failed to act in German abuse cases

Former pope Benedict XVI knowingly failed to take action to stop four priests accused of child sex abuse in Munich in the 1980s, according to a damning independent report published Thursday that risks shattering the ex-pontiff's reputation

London law firm asks UK Police to arrest Indian army chief, home minister over Kashmir war crimes

A London-based law firm filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of Indian army chief Home Minister Amit Shah over their alleged roles in war crimes in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to block Capitol attack document release

University of Michigan to Pay $490Mln to Over 1,000 Victims of Sex Abuse Doctor - Reports

'Opposition parties should support govt on judicial reforms', says Governor Punjab

Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that the opposition parties should support the government on judicial reforms in the larger national and public interest

DR Congo convicts get 15 years over jail rapes

Ten convicts were handed 15-year jail terms on Wednesday for the rape of dozens of female inmates at a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lawyers said

Ukraine rejects detention request for treason accused ex-leader

A Kyiv court on Wednesday turned down a detention request for ex-leader Petro Poroshenko who returned to Ukraine earlier this week despite facing arrest on treason charges, local media reported

UN rights chief calls for ensuring women's participation in peace processes

Women seeking to participate in shaping and building peace and defending human rights face a "vastly worse" situation now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations human rights chief has said

UN rights chief urges Security Council to protect Afghan women

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged the UN Security Council on Tuesday to hold "to account" rights abusers in Afghanistan, especially those targeting women and children

Supreme Court adjourns petition seeking disqualification of CM Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah

The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case seeking disqualification of Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah

Israeli Government Shaken But Unlikely to Collapse Over Negev Crisis

Israel's most politically diverse government in the country's history demonstrated it is flexible enough to withstand a test by controversial initiatives, including a tree-planting project in the Negev desert where a large part of the Israeli Arab Bedouin population lives, Middle East experts told Sputnik

Islamabad High Court seeks record regarding construction of Lawyers Complex

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought comments from Ministry of Law and Justice in a case pertaining construction of Litigants Facilitation Center and Lawyers Complex

Economist arrested in Mali for 'subversive remarks': lawyer

A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about "subversive and demoralising remarks", one of his lawyers told AFP

Djokovic May Participate in Australian Open Next Year - Australian Prime Minister

Paris attacks trial halted after suspect gets Covid

Jammu Kashmir people to observe Indian Republic Day as Black Day on Jan 26

Australian court adjourns to consider Djokovic verdict

Serbian Lawmaker on Djokovic Case: It Wouldn't Have Happened if He Wasn't Serb

Ombudsman office Abbottabad receives 3500 complaints during year 2021

Following the instruction of Federal Ombudsman Ijaz Qureshi, the Ombudsman Secretariat Abbottabad received more than 3500 complaints during 2021

Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with five new charges over helicopter purchase

A Myanmar junta court has hit ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with five new corruption charges related to the alleged hiring and purchase of a helicopter, sources close to the case told AFP

Australia detains Djokovic again, declares him threat for public safety

A federal court hearing is scheduled for Sunday (tomorrow) and in the meantime Djokovic is placed under guard at an undisclosed Melbourne location, believed to be his lawyers’ offices.