Supreme Court

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights as complaints have grown louder from civil rights activists and other Democrats that the White House has not done enough to fight…

KYIV, Ukraine: The Supreme Court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced a former contender in the 2020 presidential race to 14 years in prison on corruption charges in a case that has been widely seen as politically motivated. Viktor Babariko,…

KATHMANDU: Discussion over writ petitions filed against the dissolution of Nepal's lower house or House of Representatives is expected to end in the Supreme Court today. Three senior lawyers will be presenting their counter-arguments on…

RIO DE JANEIRO: A senior official in Brazil's health ministry has resigned after a newspaper published fresh allegations of corruption in the country's vaccine program, adding to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro. The Folha de S.…

KATHMANDU: Nepal's Supreme Court delivered a fresh blow to embattled communist Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli by removing 20 recently appointed ministers, pending a ruling on whether a caretaker premier can make such sweeping cabinet…

CHICAGO: Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, especially since an unprecedented spate of executions by his predecessor ended just…

KATHMANDU: Asserting that the House of Representatives was dissolved as per the constitutional provisions, Nepal's president Bidya Devi Bhandari has told the Supreme Court that it cannot overturn her decision on the matter or subject it…

OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday nominated the first person of color to the top court in Canada, a country in which nearly one in four people identify as a minority. Mahmud Jamal has been an Ontario Court of Appeal judge…

KATHMANDU: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Thursday defended his government's controversial decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and told the Supreme Court that it is not up to the judiciary to appoint a premier as it…

DHAKA: The Bangladesh high court has sought relevant documents, including the birth registration and academic qualification certificates, of former prime minister Khaleda Zia to determine her genuine date of birth, according to media…