The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the recklessness standard of domestic violence misdemeanors that can federally ban someone from the ability to possess a firearm and judicial recusal in capital punishment...
US President Barack Obama delivered his plan to close Guantanamo Bay to Congress on Tuesday. This plan comes seven years after Obama first announced he planned to shut down the prison before the...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Tuesday over the tense situation in Uganda after Thursday's election where President Yoweri Museveni apparently won a...
Bahraini authorities arrested four US journalists covering the five-year anniversary of the nation's 2011 uprising and formally charged them on Tuesday. The journalists were charged with unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings for their alleged...
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament released a report on Monday outlining its concerns with a proposed bill that plans to expand data collection and Internet spying. The Investigatory Powers Bill...
The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) stated Tuesday that migrant detention facilities in Cyprus need better monitoring and should improve conditions. The SPT urged that individuals be promptly informed as to why...
Four former Blackwater security contractors on Monday appealed their conviction for a 2007 Baghdad shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians. This appeal centers around a witness for the prosecution who changed his testimony after the...
The internationally-recognized Libyan parliament voted Monday to reject a proposal by the UN-supported unity government to curb the country's political crisis. In an 89-15 vote, the parliament rejected the cabinet selected by the UN-backed Presidential Council (PC)...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was cleared of corruption charges by the Attorney General on Tuesday. The Attorney General's Office announced that the USD $681 million in Razak's personal bank account that was previously alleged...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Musacchio v. US that sufficiency of the evidence appeals should not be based on the elements in an erroneous jury instruction, but rather on the elements...
