The State Duma , Russia's lower house of the Federal Assembly, gave final approval to a bill Friday that decriminalizes "assaults that inflict physical pain but do not cause bodily injury that threatens the...
France's Constitutional Council, struck down a section of the Law on Equality and Citizenship on Thursday that expanded the definition of parental authority in the Civil Code to include rejecting all cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment, including...
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that prohibits the use of federal funds on abortions. The act, titled "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017," would prohibit the...
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated Tuesday that the latest Israeli settlement plans creates an obstacle to a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, which is a "great concern to the Secretary-General." Israel plans [Al Jazeera...
UN Independent Expert Mohammed Ayat on Friday described some of the challenges that Cote d'Ivoire, or the Ivory Coast, must face as the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) withdraws from the country. Ayat made...
The Court of Appeals of Georgia on Friday overturned the Columbia County trial court's denial of name change petitions of two transgender individuals. Rowan Elijah Feldhaus, born Rebecca Elizabeth Feldhaus, filed a petition for a name change in...
Pedro Figueroa Zarceno filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of San Francisco, the Police Department and the Sheriff's Department for violating San Francisco's sanctuary city law. The sanctuary city law "prohibits workers from using city resources...
US President Barack Obama granted 64 pardons and 209 commutations yesterday, including commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning. Manning worked as a low-level intelligence analyst where she leaked documents regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2010...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged the governments of European countries to do more to protect refugees from freezing conditions. There have been several reports earlier this month of refugees dying due to the...
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-4 Friday that landowner Jessica Ernst is not able to sue the Alberta Energy Regulator for violating her constitutional right of freedom of expression. Ernst is a landowner in Alberta who has claimed...
