A former Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice judge accused the Venezuelan government on Thursday of improperly interfering with judicial decisions in a televised interview . In the interview conducted in the US, former...
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday upheld as constitutional a right to education law that requires most schools to reserve one-quarter of its class seats for poor, underprivileged children. The ruling comes after a number of...
Prosecutors in Turkey ordered the arrest of dozens of former military leaders on Thursday for their alleged role in the ouster of former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan . Prosecutors allege that the military leaders, including four retired generals,...
The Supreme Court of Chile ruled Wednesday that a hydroelectric dam in Patagonia does not violate the constitutional rights of the environmental groups opposing the project. Several environmental advocacy groups, including...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will respond to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the federal courts' authority to strike down...
The Russian lower house of Parliament, the State Duma , will consider a controversial bill introduced by lawmakers on Thursday that bans the spread of "homosexual propaganda" to minors. The bill calls for fines of up to...
Mali leaders announced on Thursday that they have drafted a new constitution following last week's military coup . In a statement read on Mali state television, it was announced that the new constitution will allow citizens to demonstrate...
A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Thursday filed criminal charges against Chevron, Transocean Limited and 17 executives in relation to an oil spill that occurred late last year. The indictment charges the companies and a number of their...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Malaysian lawmakers on Thursday to observe international human rights standards when devising the country's new security act. Malaysia's Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) , which allowed the imprisonment of individuals deemed...
A Russian court in the Siberian province of Tomsk on Wednesday rejected a call to ban a translation of the Hindu holy book the Bhagavad Gita. Prosecutors in the case argued that a preface accompanying a 1968 translation of...
