The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 1918 , calling on member states to criminalize piracy under their domestic laws and urging Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consider an international tribunal for prosecuting piracy. In...
The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the country's sex offender registry requirement violates the right to privacy. The case involved an appeal filed by two convicted sex offenders who challenged the notification...
Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday declared void a law mandating that indigenous people have majority ownership in all businesses valued at over $500,000. The law took effect last month, but the country's stock market has since fallen 10...
A North Korean court sentenced a US citizen to eight years in prison on Wednesday for illegally entering the country. Aijalon Mahli Gomes was arrested in January for illegally crossing the border and was charged with illegal entry and...
Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday asked Swiss officials to reopen a corruption investigation against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari . The request was made in a letter from the NAB, the country's...
The attorneys general (AGs) of 13 states filed suit in federal court in Florida on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . The suit comes the same day that...
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed into law a bill to significantly alter the US health care system. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was presented to the president on Monday...
The UK High Court ruled Wednesday that the Catholic social services agency Catholic Care may refuse to consider same-sex couples as candidates for adoption, pending a review of their policy by the UK Charity Commission....
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended his intention to try suspected terrorists, including accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian criminal court. Holder faced numerous questions on the issue...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released a full-page advertisement in the New York Times on Sunday, imploring President Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to try suspected 9/11 terrorists in federal courts....
