The Egyptian Parliament on Monday voted to enact new legislation aimed at combating the growing number of human traffickers along its coast. Smugglers and their middlemen will now face prison terms or...
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari . The main issue in the case was whether a defendant's counsel can present one mitigating factor at the sentencing...
Wells Fargo on Wednesday announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Stumpf, will immediately resign from both positions. Hours after the news, Wells Fargo share prices increased by 1.65 percent. Stumpf...
Several newly-elected members of Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Wednesday protested for pro-democracy rights while taking their oaths, an act which invalidates their oaths and may bar them from the legislature. Two of the lawmakers held signs [BBC...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against Native American tribes on Sunday, allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward. The Standing Rock Sioux and the Cheyenne River...
The Florida Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit on Sunday against Governor Rick Scott requesting he extend the voting registration period in the state an extra week due to Hurricane Matthew. Currently the voter...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ruled Tuesday that four former high-ranking Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials must testify in depositions in a lawsuit against two psychologists who designed...
Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that relatives of the victims of a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan are not entitled to compensation. The court held that international law does not award damages or...
Two Tunisian men have come forward with claims of previously unreported accounts of torture at the hands of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) , according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday....
A court in El Salvador will reopen an investigation related to the Mozote Massacre of 1981 which occurred during the country's Civil War, according to human rights lawyers on the case Saturday. Lawyers from the Center for Justice and International...
