Navi Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The South Africa-born Pillay, 85, was honored for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced her win on Friday in Oslo, Norway. The committee emphasized the importance of resolving conflicts without violence, especially as wars and conflicts increase. This year marks the 125th anniversary of the peace prize. Pillay received the news in Nuremberg, Germany, the location of the trials of Nazi war criminals that helped lay the foundations of international law.

A California court has granted Wladimir Klitschko legal authority to protect his daughter Kaya's inheritance following her mother Hayden Panettiere's death. Klitschko filed an urgent petition, stating that Panettiere's property was being taken by federal agents and a nonfamily member. Klitschko, a former world champion boxer, has had full custody of Kaya, who lives with him in Ukraine. The court granted him temporary guardianship of Kaya's estate. Klitschko's lawyer said items were being sold at a pawnshop, and assets were at risk. Panettiere died from an accidental overdose in August.

An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House. Theodore Boutrous Jr. said the ban is a classic example of “viewpoint discrimination” that is punishing people for what they say — and violating the media outlets’ First Amendment rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said he intended to rule by Tuesday, possibly sooner, on whether to extend an order that preserves White House access for journalists from MS NOW, CNN and Politico. The case has been going on since last month, shortly after President Donald Trump banned the outlets from the White House grounds.

Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity linked to the so-called war on drugs he waged while in office. The court made the announcement on Thursday. The 81-year-old Duterte denies the charges. His trial is scheduled to open on Nov. 30. The ex-leader is accused of murder and attempted murder for his alleged involvement in dozens of killings as part of the war on drugs. The court’s Sept. 28 ruling that he is fit to face justice came after an independent panel of experts said that Duterte “has the capacity to understand the charges” and follow the proceedings.

LONDON (AP) — A Royal Navy sailor appeared in a London court on Thursday to face charges of spying for Russia.

A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk in 2000 has been executed, a week after a failed lethal injection in Tennessee. Forty-six-year-old Jamaal Howard was pronounced dead Wednesday evening after receiving a fatal dose of pentobarbital at the state prison at Huntsville. It was the first U.S. execution since Tennessee’s failed attempt to put Christa Pike to death on Sept. 30. Howard’s attorneys had unsuccessfully sought to block the injection, arguing that he was intellectually disabled and faced risks similar to Pike's because both states use the same lethal injection drug. Howard was convicted of killing 42-year-old clerk Vickie Swartout during a convenience store robbery in 2000.

Christa Pike is “angry and confused” after surviving an attempt to execute her in Tennessee. One of Pike’s attorneys, Randy Spivey, said Wednesday that she aware of what happened. Executioners tried twice to administer lethal doses of pentobarbital to Pike on Sept. 30. Witnesses were able to hear her breathing heavily before she was removed from the death chamber. On Wednesday, a judge said she would issue an order to the state to preserve anything that was in the execution chamber and all communication records. Pike was sentenced to death for the beating and stabbing death of Colleen Slemmer in 1995.