Liz Alderman / New York Times:
France threatens to ban Shein and refers it to Paris prosecutor after an investigation found that sex dolls “resembling children” were being sold on the site  —  The controversy adds to a gro…

The country’s parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.

Legal scholars say the Trump administration may have a solid argument that international drug cartels are using narcotics as de facto weapons of war and are targeting the U.S. with the intent of doing physical harm — in the form of drug addiction — t…

Israeli police arrested former military prosecutor Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the national security minister said Monday, following a scandal that erupted after she leaked a video appearing to show soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee. Tomer-Yerushalm…