The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Evenwel v. Abott that States may use total population to appropriate state legislative districts, and there is no constitutional requirement that states use voter...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Nichols v. US that the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SONRA) did not require an individual to update his registration in...
Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday approved an amnesty law that would free 77 individuals allegedly jailed for political reasons under a number of crimes such as the instigation of violence or...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Luis v. United States that the pretrial restraint of a criminal defendant's legitimate, untainted assets needed to retain her counsel of choice violates the Sixth Amendment....
Authorities in the US state of Texas on Tuesday executed a 33-year-old man accused of killing a city code enforcement officer. Adam Ward has been on death row in Texas since 2007 . The US Supreme Court dismissed...
After a two-day reading of the verdict, the Donetsk municipal court in southern Russia on Tuesday sentenced a Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in prison for complicity to murder two Russian journalists and illegal border crossing. Nadezhda Savchenko has...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday declared unanimously that ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is guilty of two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes for his role in the...
An independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday encouraged EU leaders to remain steadfast in their obligations to handle the recent influx of migrants to the EU and to avoid making Turkey the "gatekeeper." The remarks from...
The Dutch parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban weapon exports to Saudi Arabia. The Netherlands is now the first country to pass formal legislation banning exports to Riyadh, after a February decision by the...
A court in Neubrandenburg, Germany, on Monday postponed the trial of a former Nazi SS medic because the 95-year-old remains unfit to appear before the court. The trial was scheduled to open on Monday, but the court announced a...
