A court in Pakistan issued a death warrant for a schizophrenic prisoner, Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for shooting a police officer. The execution date was set just months after Pakistan's Supreme Court blocked the execution ...
A bipartisan group of 10 US Senators on Tuesday introduced legislation aimed at implementing mandatory sanctions against Russia for its involvement in cyber hacking during the 2016 presidential election. The US government has alleged that Russia...
The European Commission on Thursday announced plans to take action against seven member states for failing to fulfill their obligations under EU law when they did not set up penalty systems to deter manufacturers from violating...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered France, which is investigating Equatorial Guinea's Second Vice President Teodoro Obiang, to respect the rights of a building deemed to be part of the Equatorial Guinea's diplomatic...
A judge for the Cuyahoga County Probate Court in Ohio approved a settlement on Wednesday in which the city of Cleveland will pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old...
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of Congress, passed a measure on Wednesday that would permit defendants to seek criminal consequences for prosecutors and judges if the officials abuse their...
The Parliament of South Korea approved a measure on Thursday to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Park Geun-hye for allegedly allowing individuals to influence state affairs. It is alleged that Park's friend, Choi Soon-sil,...
The UK House of Lords passed the Investigatory Powers Bill on Tuesday, which places the bill in the final legislative stage, Royal Assent. The bill covers policies on acquiring communications data, equipment interference and warrants for accessing...
Missouri voters approved an amendment on Tuesday to require voters to present photo identification at the polls. The amendment proposes the same bill that Governor Jay Nixon vetoed in July. The Missouri Legislature overrode his veto in...
Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved proposals to legalize recreational marijuana on Tuesday, while several other states voted to permit the use of medical marijuana. California voters passed Proposal 64 , which immediately permits those over 21...
