Former Salvadoran Minister of Public Safety, Inocente Orlando Montano, was convicted of immigration fraud on Tuesday and sentenced to 21 months in prison followed by one year of probation. Montano is suspected in connection with a...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Friday urged the Obama administration to provide more clarity on its counterterrorism policies. While Emmerson's office recently released a statement strongly...
The Obama administration on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to limit the scope of its review of the case challenging the president's power to temporarily fill vacancies in government offices. The government laid out...
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King said Thursday that New Mexico law does not necessarily allow same-sex marriages . The statement does not directly comment on the matter, as it was made in response to a...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement on Thursday reenforcing the need for any new Egyptian draft law should respect human rights standards. The statement came as concern over increased convictions of international NGO personnel mounts....
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ordered Wednesday that the two-pill variety of the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B be made immediately available to all individuals regardless of age. A...
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of 16 Afghan civilians on Wednesday in order to comply with a plea deal and avoid the death penalty. Bales admitted to leaving his post last March...
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the government of Japan on Monday came to an agreement to increase efforts to combat drug and human trafficking in Africa and Southeast Asia. The...
The US Department of Justice case against Apple began in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday with an attorney for the department claiming that Apple's conspiring...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement on Saturday condemning the most recent violence in Syria, and expressing concern over how it has been affecting the civilian population. Ban called upon both parties to make greater...
