Twenty-one same-sex couples on Wednesday filed suit asking the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to affirm the legality of their marriage licenses, which were issued by a county clerk who believed the state's same-sex marriage ban was...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged governments around the world to implement stronger laws and policies that protect online privacy in the wake of increasing pervasive electronic surveillance. According to the group, outdated legal...
UN officials on Thursday urged member states to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its three optional protocols at the upcoming 2013 treaty event, which will be held at its New York headquarters. The...
The Brazil Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-5 that 12 former political and business leaders found guilty in the nation's biggest corruption trial have the right to a new trial. The defendants were convicted after...
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed into law a bill that prevents the early release of inmates and allows the state to comply with a federal court order. The order requires the department...
A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday ordered a Philadelphia court clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The Montgomery County Register of Wills court clerk Bruce Hanes issued 116 marriage licenses to same-sex couples...
The Missouri Senate on Wednesday fell one vote short of overriding a veto by Governor Jay Nixon and passing into law a bill implementing a controversial gun measure. After the state's House of Representatives on...
The office of Italy's president on Thursday confirmed that it has received a pardon request from a former Milan Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief who was sentenced to nine years in prison...
The increasing organized crime in Eastern Africa (EA) must be tackled both within the region and the markets where illicit goods will be delivered, according to a report published Wednesday by the UN Office on Drugs and...
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday ruled that the state is responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims who were murdered shortly after being forced to leave a UN designated "safe area"...
