International News

February 28, 2019

US Supreme Court further defines ineffective counsel

The US Supreme Court held Wednesday that the Sixth Amendment‘s presumption of prejudice of ineffective counsel applies to situations in which an attorney declines to file […]
February 28, 2019

US Supreme Court hears arguments on giant World War I cross on public property

The US Supreme Court ended its February session on Wednesday with arguments concerning whether a four-story, cross-shaped war memorial maintained by the government can remain standing […]
February 28, 2019

US Supreme Court orders lower court to determine competency of death row inmate with dementia

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new state court hearing to determine whether an Alabama death row inmate battling dementia is incompetent to be […]
February 28, 2019

Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will support Brexit referendum

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons. But the Labour leader said he […]
February 27, 2019

IPCC Report on Climate Change – October 2018

Read the complete text of the report here.
February 27, 2019

ICJ urges UK to end rule over Chagos islands

The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion Monday outlining the legal consequences of separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. The UK […]
February 27, 2019

US Supreme Court vacates opinion of deceased Ninth Circuit judge

In a per curiam decision Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Ninth Circuit judge, who died before the court’s opinion in the case was […]
February 27, 2019

US Supreme Court declines tobacco companies’ efforts to block lawsuits

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to hear challenges to eight wrongful death lawsuits against two large cigarette companies, allowing the cases to proceed. In a […]