A US Supreme Court justice faced calls on Friday to recuse himself from cases involving Donald Trump after an inverted American flag -- a symbol of the former president's false election fraud claims -- was flown outside his home.

The Supreme Court issued an order requiring Louisiana to use a congressional map for its 2024 elections that includes two majority-Black districts, despite a previous lower-court ruling deeming the map an "illegal racial gerrymander."

Trump, 77, quickly responded that he was "ready to rumble" -- and within hours CNN announced it would host the first debate in Atlanta on June 27 and ABC said it would stage the second on September 10.

The Arizona Supreme Court stayed the enforcement of the 1864 abortion law for 90 days.

When Philippine environmental activist and radio host Gerry Ortega was shot dead on the tropical island of Palawan, his family and friends believed there was enough damning evidence to convict the alleged mastermind.

The explosion of misinformation on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram comes as reproductive rights take center stage in the looming presidential election, in a country where abortion is banned or restricted in nearly half the states.

He attacked the judge overseeing the case as 'corrupt' and 'highly conflicted.'

India's top court on Friday ordered a jailed opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be released on bail, allowing him to campaign in an ongoing national election.

Following Daniels's testimony, the prosecution presented additional witnesses, including a junior bookkeeper from the Trump Organization and a former assistant to Trump during his White House tenure.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has agreed to hear an appeal by Donald Trump and his co-defendants seeking to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the case involving attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.

A conservative judge blocked the inclusion of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) on New York's November ballot, dealing a setback to Democrats seeking to bolster abortion rights.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a legal challenge against the United States on Tuesday, taking aim at a law that would force the app to be sold or face a US ban.

Jose Raul Mulino left his farm and horses behind with his sights set on becoming Panama's vice president under his former boss, ex-head of state Ricardo Martinelli.

Panamanians vote in presidential elections Sunday from a crowded field of eight candidates, with the protege of a graft-convicted ex-head of state in the lead.

Hamas said its delegation was heading to Cairo on Saturday to resume Gaza truce talks, as the United Nations warned that Israel's threatened assault on the city of Rafah could produce a "bloodbath".

Indian cartoonist Rachita Taneja and Hong Kong's Zunzi were awarded the biennial Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award on Friday, which is World Press Freedom Day.

A former president from a prestigious family, a strong-willed political veteran, a rocker ex-consul and a tattooed ex-foreign minister are among the candidates competing to become Panama's next president.

Panama votes Sunday in a presidential election with the frontrunner's participation confirmed after a last-minute court decision validated his run against seven other contenders.

With a narrow margin of 16-14, the repeal gained bipartisan support, including from two Republican senators who broke ranks with their party.

The UK government confirmed Wednesday it had detained an unspecified number of migrants in recent days for deportation to Rwanda in July under its controversial new policy.

Democrats optimistic about competing in Trump's home state, Florida, as the debate on the six-week abortion ban rages.

President Biden and his reelection campaign have strongly criticized the remarks made by former President Trump in a recent interview with Time magazine.

When Nepal suddenly announced a ban on TikTok last year, lawyer Sunil Rajan Singh was determined to fight what he said was a government effort to hide its wrongdoings.

Donald Trump set out a stark vision for an authoritarian second term in an interview with Time magazine published Tuesday, ranging from possible mass deportations of migrants by the US military and detention camps to pregnancy monitoring to enforce abortion bans.

The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan.

The Supreme Court rejected again Peter Navarro's request to avoid further prison time for his contempt of Congress conviction.

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Elon Musk of a settlement that requires the billionaire to have some of his social media posts about Tesla pre-approved by a company lawyer.

McConnell said that the issue of abortion should be determined by individual states rather than the federal government.

He further stated that he wasn't concerned at all about the possibility of the ex-president's criminal cases not being resolved before the November election.

The initial trial, following revelations in a New York Times article, led to Weinstein's arrest in 2018 and subsequent conviction in 2020.