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Congress extends FISA amid expiration deadline The US House and Senate approved a 10-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Friday, preventing the law from lapsing o...
Government plans fast-track EU law adoption UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to introduce legislation later this year that would allow ministers to adopt new EU regulations without requi...
Argentina relaxes glacier mining protections despite environmental concerns Argentina's Congress approved an amendment to the 2010 Glacier Law on Thursday, easing restrictions on mining in glacie...
Senegal enacts stricter anti-LGBT legislation Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has signed a law increasing the maximum prison sentence for same-sex relations to 10 years, while also cri...
Knesset approves controversial death penalty bill Israel's parliament voted on Monday to impose the death penalty by default on Palestinians convicted of fatal terror attacks, sparking internatio...
Commission green-lights commemorative Trump coin A 24-karat gold coin depicting President Donald Trump has received unanimous approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, despite legal concern...
Alberta introduces legislation to limit assisted dying Alberta has become the first Canadian province to propose restrictions on medically assisted dying (Maid), confining eligibility to individu...
Scottish Parliament rejects assisted dying legislation Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have voted against a bill that would have legalised assisted dying for terminally ill adults, mark...
New legislation mandates Mandarin instruction from early childhood China's National People's Congress approved a law on Thursday requiring all children to learn Mandarin before kindergarten and t...
Commons votes against Australia-style social media ban UK lawmakers rejected a proposal to block under-16s from platforms like TikTok and Instagram on Monday, instead backing a plan that grants m...
New legislation expands assimilation policies China's parliament is poised to approve a law this week that will codify and accelerate policies aimed at assimilating ethnic minorities into the dom...
Senate rejects resolution to limit Trump's military actions in Iran A bipartisan effort to restrict President Donald Trump's authority to wage war against Iran collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Wed...
Annual political gatherings set to begin in Beijing China's most significant political event of the year, the "two sessions," kicks off this week in Beijing, offering a glimpse into the ruling Co...
Note: This article contains details of water cremation that some readers may find upsetting. Scotland approves alkaline hydrolysis as third funeral method Scotland has become the first UK natio...
Government clarifies stance on Chagos Islands deal The UK government has dismissed reports of a pause in legislation to transfer control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, despite a minister tel...
Loyal dog inspires landmark legislation in São Paulo A decade-long vigil by a dog named Bob Coveiro at his owner's gravesite has led to a new law in Brazil's most populous state permitting pets t...
Lutnick confirms Epstein island visit in Capitol Hill testimony US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged on Tuesday that he visited Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island in 2012, co...
Coalition partners restore alliance after two-week split Australia's Liberal and National parties officially reunited on Sunday, ending a 16-day division over proposed hate speech legislation fol...
Spain unveils plans to block under-16s from social media Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Tuesday that Spain intends to prohibit children under 16 from accessing social media platforms,...
Israel weighs death penalty for Palestinian convicts Israel's parliament is debating a contentious bill to impose capital punishment on Palestinians convicted of fatal terrorist attacks, marking...
Government pushes for stricter measures amid gang violence surge Sweden plans to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for severe offenses, citing an urgent need to combat the e...
France moves to block social media for younger teens French lawmakers began debating a bill on Monday that would prohibit children under 15 from accessing platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, and...
Coalition splits amid hate speech legislation fallout Australia's Liberal-National Coalition, the country's primary opposition bloc, has fractured following a bitter disagreement over proposed ha...
Lower house approves sweeping firearm and hate speech reforms Australia's House of Representatives passed two contentious bills on Tuesday, one month after a mass shooting in Sydney's Bondi Beach...
Law against non-consensual intimate images to take effect next month A Durham University professor who helped draft legislation criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images has ex...
House approves three-year extension of ACA subsidies The US House of Representatives voted 230-196 on Thursday to renew pandemic-era healthcare subsidies for three years, with 17 Republicans brea...
Visa cancelled over alleged extremist links A British national residing in Western Australia has been detained for deportation after Australian authorities revoked his visa on character grounds....
Karnataka legislature approves hate speech prevention bill The southern Indian state of Karnataka has passed legislation targeting hate speech and hate crimes, aiming to reduce communal tensions....
Parliament votes to prolong foreign broadcaster ban Israel's Knesset approved a two-year extension on Tuesday that lets the government close foreign news outlets it deems a security risk without...
Court documents reveal detailed planning behind Bondi attack Two suspects in the deadly 14 December Bondi Beach shooting allegedly spent months preparing the assault, including reconnaissance vis...
Trump reclassifies cannabis under federal law President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the U.S. attorney general to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule...
Australia announces major gun buyback after Bondi attack The Australian government will implement its largest firearms buyback program in nearly 30 years following Sunday's deadly mass shooting a...
Nationwide rallies oppose legislation reducing Bolsonaro's sentence Tens of thousands of Brazilians demonstrated in major cities on Sunday against a proposed bill that could shorten former Presid...
Judge reverses decision, allows public access to Epstein files A federal judge in New York has authorized the U.S. Department of Justice to disclose grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019...
Chaos in Brazil's Congress as Bolsonaro allies push sentence reduction Brazil's parliament descended into disorder on Tuesday as conservative legislators advanced a proposal to cut the prison sen...
Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli dies by assisted suicide at 92 Ludwig Minelli, the Swiss lawyer and journalist who founded the right-to-die organization Dignitas, died by assisted suicide on Satu...
Tokyo court upholds same-sex marriage ban in landmark ruling A Tokyo high court ruled on Friday that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, marking a setback for LGBTQ+ rights activi...
Australia overhauls nature laws with new regulator and stricter protections Australia is set to reform its decades-old environmental laws after the Labor government secured a last-minute deal wit...
Scottish sex workers warn of poverty risks under proposed Nordic model Sex workers in Scotland are voicing concerns over a proposed bill that would criminalize clients, arguing it could push them...
Italy unanimously criminalizes femicide with life sentences in landmark law Italian lawmakers voted unanimously on Tuesday to classify femicide-the gender-motivated murder of women-as a distinct...
Trump authorizes release of Epstein case documents after congressional approval U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation on Wednesday directing the Department of Justice to disclose all non...
House Overwhelmingly Approves Epstein Documents Release Despite GOP Holdout The U.S. House of Representatives voted 427-1 on Tuesday to compel the release of documents tied to convicted sex offen...
High-tech car theft devices sold for up to £22,000 online Sophisticated electronic gadgets enabling thieves to steal keyless vehicles without physical break-ins are being traded online for sums e...
Israeli parliament backs death penalty for Palestinian attackers in preliminary vote Israel's Knesset approved the first reading of a bill on Monday that would impose the death penalty on Palesti...
US flight disruptions extend into third day amid government shutdown Air travel across the United States faced severe delays and cancellations for a third consecutive day on Sunday, with Transpor...
Tens of thousands protest Portugal's proposed labour reforms Tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Lisbon on Saturday, rallying against a government proposal to overhaul labou...
Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress in January 2027 Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as U.S. Speaker of the House and a defining figure in American politics for over three decades, announc...
Trump pushes for filibuster elimination to break shutdown deadlock Former President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster on Friday, framing the procedural move as t...
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