A UN human rights expert called Thursday on the Chinese government and relevant businesses to ensure transparency in the investigation of a chemical disaster in Tianjin, including both the causes and effects of the explosion. "The Chinese...
Senegal's highest court on Thursday upheld a graft conviction and six-year prison term against Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade . Karim Wade, who had several portfolios within his father's government and presidential...
A Colorado state appeals court ruled on Thursday that a baker violated Colorado's public accommodations law when he refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The baker, Jack Phillips, refused to make...
Prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane for allegedly leaking grand jury documents to the media to embarrass a critic, and then giving false testimony to a grand jury in...
Uganda's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the practice of refunding the price of a bride upon the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and should be banned. In a 6-1 decision , the majority...
A Mexican judge temporarily suspended a US extradition order on Friday for drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , even though the federal attorney general's office had approved the order earlier that day. No reason was...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and recently appointed UN special envoy in the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov condemned the arson attacks in the West Bank on Friday that killed a...
Israel's attorney general on Monday ordered a criminal probe into excessive residential spending by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . The announcement came after the state comptroller reported that large...
US regulators on Tuesday ordered Citigroup to refund $700 million to nine million credit card customers, along with a $70 million fine for illegal and deceptive practices.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered...
Israel has decided to open a dialogue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on an investigation into Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip last summer according to a Thursday report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. An...
