Forensic researchers at the Citizen Lab say former MEP Stelios Kouloglou, who sat on the European Parliament's PEGA committee investigating commercial spyware, was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus at least twice in 2022 and 2023. No government has been named, but the case has reignited the Parliament's long-running fight over mercenary surveillance and rule-of-law safeguards across the EU.
The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order ending automatic citizenship for many US-born children, ruling 6-3 that the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for independent investigations into a rising toll of deaths in US immigration detention, putting the system's compliance with international human-rights norms under scrutiny.
A Seoul court jailed former South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee for seven years for bribery, ruling she traded on her status as the president's wife to broker jobs and business favours in return for jewellery, a designer handbag and fine art. She was also fined 64.8 million won and vowed to appeal.
The OECD's Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026 finds Luxembourg has no national anti-corruption strategy, no body monitoring lobbying and no asset disclosure for ministers, judges or prosecutors, exposing a gap between strong rules and weak practice.