Tag: National courts
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s first woman president
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Samia Suluhu Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president at the...
Turkey: 20 detained in raids targeting PKK militants
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have detained some 20 people in raids against suspected Kurdish militants, including three top local officials of the country’s...
Manhattan courthouses adapt to COVID so trials can return
NEW YORK — The two big, busy federal courthouses in Manhattan took the adage that justice delayed is justice denied to heart when the...
South Carolina judge: Abortions to continue during lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lawsuit challenging South Carolina's new ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed," a judge wrote Friday, ruling that abortions...
4 men linked to Proud Boys charged in plot to attack Capitol
Four men described as leaders of the far-right Proud Boys have been charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, as an indictment ordered unsealed on...
Now vaccinated, justices gather privately at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is returning to a little bit of normal following a year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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New Mexico gang member convicted of murder, racketeering
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal court jury has convicted a self-admitted member of a New Mexico prison gang of ordering and participating in the...
Lawyer says authorities disregarded Huawei exec’s rights
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The actions of Canadian and American authorities during the arrest of a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies...
West African court allows extradition to US of Venezuelan
LISBON, Portugal — Cape Verde’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a businessman close to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who was arrested last year in...
House expected to pass two bills aimed at bolstering women
WASHINGTON — With a nod to Women’s History Month, the Democratic-led House is expected to pass two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women...
