The Palestinian High Court of Justice in Ramallah ordered the suspension of local elections in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Thursday. The first presidential election to take place in a decade was scheduled...
Journalist and lawyer Braulio Jatar was charged with money laundering on Monday after he reported on the Caracas protest in Venezuela. Jatar covered the protest on Report Confidencial . The protest was one of the largest in recent...
Gabon's Justice Minister Seraphim Moundounga resigned from his post on Monday amid mass protests concerning last week's disputed presidential election results. Elected president Ali Bongo received 49.8 percent of the vote against 48.23 percent for rival Jean Ping. Ping supporters...
The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the final challenge to a voter initiated act to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. The challenge came from a group called the Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy [advocacy...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued Volkswagen AG (VW) and its local subsidiary on Thursday for misleading customers. The suit alleges that VW engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct, made false or misleading representations...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday denied the final appeal of Mir Quasem Ali, an opposition leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, and upheld his death sentence. Ali was sentenced to death in 2014 by the...
A Brazilian judge issued an injunction on Thursday to block the appointment of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to his successor and current president, Dilma Rousseff, shortly after he was sworn in to the position....
The Botswana Court of Appeal on Wednesday ruled that the Home Affairs ministry's refusal to register a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights group was unconstitutional as it violated the right to freedom of association. The Botswana...
Venezuela's National Assembly swore in three opposition deputies on Tuesday despite a Supreme Court ruling that barred the induction of the elected lawmakers. The ruling suspended four elected lawmakers for...
Guatemalan prosecutors arrested 17 former military and government officials on Wednesday on charges of committing massacres and other human rights abuses during the Guatemalan civil war. Government security forces have been blamed for the vast majority of the...
