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US President Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks in the briefing room

US President Donald Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 12 February 2025. Leavitt answered questions about DOGE, saying that judges rulings against the Trump administration are creating a ‘constitutional crisis.’

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US President Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks in the briefing room

US President Donald Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 12 February 2025. Leavitt answered questions about DOGE, saying that judges rulings against the Trump administration are creating a ‘constitutional crisis.’

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Margrethe Vestager Press Conference - Brussels

Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference following the Court of Justice's rulings on Apple tax relief and Google Shopping antitrust cases at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on September 10, 2024. Photo by Monasse T/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UN court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah

STORY: UN court orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah SHOOTING TIME: May 24, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: The Hague, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ruling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands (Courtesy of the ICJ) STORYLINE: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to stop its military offensive in Rafah, with immediate effect. "The situation has deteriorated since the last rulings on January 26 and March 28," Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the court, stated at the Peace Palace in The Hague. "The humanitarian situation is now disastrous." In addition, the court demanded that Israel allow fact finders and investigators of United Nations bodies to investigate allegations of genocide and preserve possible evidence. The judges added that Israel must submit a report to the court on all measures to implement the court's order within one month. On May 10, South Africa requested

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Former Paramilitary Leader Salvatore Mancuso Arrives to Colombia

Colombia's former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso arrives at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, after being deported for drug trafficking. Mancuso will face several trials in Colombia for numerous crimes. Photo by: Handout/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Paramilitary Leader Salvatore Mancuso Arrives to Colombia

Colombia's former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso arrives at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, after being deported for drug trafficking. Mancuso will face several trials in Colombia for numerous crimes. Photo by: Handout/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Paramilitary Leader Salvatore Mancuso Arrives to Colombia

Colombia's former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso arrives at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, after being deported for drug trafficking. Mancuso will face several trials in Colombia for numerous crimes. Photo by: Handout/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Paramilitary Leader Salvatore Mancuso Arrives to Colombia

Colombia's former paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso arrives at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, after being deported for drug trafficking. Mancuso will face several trials in Colombia for numerous crimes. Photo by: Handout/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Workers Party Protest - Ankara

People hold banners about Can Atalay’s unlawful movement about the council. Activists from the Workers' Party of Turkey unite on Sakarya Street to protest the reduced detention of Hatay Deputy Can Atalay. The Constitutional Court's rulings were ignored, leading to a judiciary crisis. Ankara, Turkey, January 30, 2024. Photo by Efekan Akyuz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.

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S. Korea's top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firm

Plaintiffs in damages suits involving Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II celebrate in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2024, after South Korea's Supreme Court rejected appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to them.

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S. Korea top court upholds wartime labor rulings against Japan firms

Plaintiffs and others celebrate in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court upheld decisions by lower courts ordering Japanese companies Hitachi Zosen Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay the plaintiffs damages over wartime labor.

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Top court acquits professor of groping girl on train

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nagura, a 63-year-old professor at the National Defense Medical College, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 14. The Supreme Court acquitted him the same day of groping a high school girl on a train in the first instance of the apex court overturning previous guilty rulings in a molestation case.

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Lawmaker Tokuda submits resignation

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Takeshi Tokuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2014, after submitting his resignation. Tokuda's family members are awaiting court rulings on an election scandal involving major hospital chain Tokushukai.

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Lawmaker Tokuda submits resignation

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Takeshi Tokuda ends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 24, 2014, after submitting his resignation. Tokuda's family members are awaiting court rulings on an election scandal involving major hospital chain Tokushukai.

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Election reform bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) and members of his Cabinet applaud at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 23, 2013, after the lower house passed a bill to reform Japan's election system by eliminating several constituencies, responding to court rulings that the current disparity in vote value in the country can be seen as unconstitutional.

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Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10. He said the government has decided not to appeal two high court rulings that backed A-bomb survivors seeking government recognition of their radiation-related illnesses stemming from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Sapporo, Kochi courts reject war orphans' damages claims

SAPPORO, Japan - The Sapporo District Court in session on June 15. The court issued a ruling rejecting a damages lawsuit filed by a group of war-displaced Japanese from China asking for state compensation over their plight in Japan. The Kochi District Court also delivered a similar ruling on the same day. A total of 2,200 war-displaced Japanese have filed 15 damages suits at various district courts in Japan since 2001. The courts have issued eight rulings, all against them. (Pool photo)

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Kochi, Sapporo courts reject war orphans' damages claims

SAPPORO, Japan - Miyoko Ito, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a group of war-displaced Japanese from China, weeps outside the Sapporo District Court on June 15 after the court rejected their claim for state compensation over their plight in Japan. The banner on Ito's left calls the ruling ''unfair.'' The Kochi District Court also delivered a similar ruling on the same day. A total of 2,200 war-displaced Japanese have filed 15 damages suits at various district courts in Japan since 2001. The courts have issued eight rulings, all against them.

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Chinese survivor of Nanjing Massacre wins suit against Japan authors

NANJING, China - Photo shows the Xuanwu District People's Court which ordered two Japanese authors and their publisher on Aug. 23 to pay 1.6 million yuan (about $200,000) to a Chinese woman who survived one of the greatest atrocities of Japan's World War II invasion of China. The court ruling is not binding since China and Japan have no bilateral judicial agreement that recognizes civil rulings in each other's countries.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - Chang Gi Jin (R), an 84-year-old former South Korean leprosy patient, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 25 after the Tokyo District Court rejected a lawsuit by 117 former South Korean leprosy patients seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in South Korea during Japanese colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Shih-shih, an 82-year-old former Taiwanese leprosy patient, speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Oct. 25 after the Tokyo District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by 25 former Taiwanese leprosy patients seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwanese and South Korean leprosy patients arrive at the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 to hear the court's rulings on their lawsuits seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at leprosariums in Taiwan and South Korea during Japan's colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter for former Taiwanese leprosy patients holds up a banner saying ''winning lawsuit'' in front of the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 after the court upheld their lawsuit seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in Taiwan during Japan's colonial rule.

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Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TOKYO, Japan - A supporter for former South Korean leprosy patients holds up a banner saying ''unjust ruling'' in front of the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 25 after the court rejected their lawsuit seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in South Korea during Japan's colonial rule.

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U.S. Congress passes bill on same-sex marriage

STORY: U.S. Congress passes bill on same-sex marriage DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. Congress approved a bill on same-sex marriage on Thursday and sent it to the White House. The House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act in a 258-169-1 vote, a week after it went through the Senate. U.S. President Joe Biden said previously that he would sign the measure, which will cement federal protections for same-sex marriage, when it arrived on his desk. The legislation was introduced this summer after a conservative Supreme Court justice signaled that rulings on marriage equality and contraception should be reconsidered. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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4th court rules Oct. election vote gap in unconstitutional state

A Japanese court ruled Tuesday that the vote weight disparity in last October's lower house election was "in a state of unconstitutionality" but stopped short of nullifying the outcome, becoming the fourth court to make such a decision. The ruling by the Akita branch of the Sendai High Court in northeastern Japan was the eighth to be handed down in a slew of lawsuits filed by groups of lawyers at 14 high courts and their branches nationwide over the 2.08-fold vote weight disparity in the Oct. 31 House of Representatives election. Among the seven high court rulings handed down by Monday, three ruled the results were "in a state of unconstitutionality" but stopped short of nullifying the outcome, while four dismissed the suits, saying the election was constitutional. All the high court rulings will be completed by March 9, after which the Supreme Court is expected to make a unified decision.

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Gov't not to appeal high court rulings on A-bomb sufferers

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe speaks to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10. He said the government has decided not to appeal two high court rulings that backed A-bomb survivors seeking government recognition of their radiation-related illnesses stemming from the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Kyodo)

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Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Photo shows the Supreme Court's grand bench in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, during a hearing on a lawsuit in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo