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Japan Introduces Joint Custody After Divorce

The overhaul aligns Japan with global norms by opening shared parenting under court oversight.

Hong Kong Makes Refusing to Unlock Devices a Crime, U.S. Warns Travelers

FCC Asserts Sole Authority To Strike Down Laws, Upholds KP Sales-Tax Clause

Supreme Court Weighs Licensed Bail Bondsmen for Foreign Nationals in NDPS Cases

Japan Sets Expert Panel to Weigh Buyer Penalties under Prostitution Law

Israel Prison Service Plans Execution Facility as Terror Death-Penalty Bill Nears Further Knesset Votes

SPD Rejects CDU Women’s Push for Public Face‑Covering Ban Ahead of Party Vote

French Assembly Backs Under-15 Social Media Ban, Sends Bill to Senate

French Senate Votes on Split End-of-Life Bills as Debate Moves Back to the Assembly

Spain Mandates Connected V16 Warning Lights as Early Fraud Cases Surface

Indonesia Enforces New Ban on Extramarital Sex That Applies to Tourists

Peru Bill Would Grant Free Transit to Caregivers of People With Severe Disabilities

German Court Rejects Phone-at-the-Wheel Charge From Speed Camera Photo

Israel Coalition Files Bill to Scrap Fraud and Breach-of-Trust Offenses Central to Netanyahu Trial

Nationwide Protests Mount Over Supreme Court Order on Street Dogs

France Prepares Bill to Bar Under-15s From Social Networks and Extend School Phone Ban

Trump Orders Marijuana Reclassification to Schedule III

Pritzker Signs Deb’s Law, Making Illinois First Midwestern State to Allow Medical Aid in Dying

Australia Moves to Toughen Gun Laws After Sydney Beach Mass Shooting

Supreme Court Voids Netanyahu Government’s Firing of Israel’s Attorney General