The Pakistani Parliament on Thursday approved recommendations for redefining the government's relationship with the US and NATO, including calling for an end to CIA drone strikes. The new plan comes in response to the incidental...
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled Friday that the relatives of Bosnian men murdered by Serbian forces in 1995 cannot sue the UN for failing to protect them during the massacres. The ruling...
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (STOCK Act) , which prohibits members and employees of Congress, the president and thousands of other federal officials from using non-public...
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker on Thursday and Friday signed 51 pieces of legislation , including controversial bills regarding employment discrimination, sex education and abortion. Walker raised the ire of opponents by quietly signing the...
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday sentenced reputed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to 25 years imprisonment. Bout, 45, was convicted in November...
The Supreme Court of Illinois ruled Thursday that a challenge to a ban on assault weapons can continue, reversing two lower court rulings dismissing the challenge. The Cook County ordinance in question prohibits the...
A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the Cambodian government to give its full cooperation to the new judges that will eventually be appointed to investigate the genocide during the Khmer Rouge regime [BBC...
President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab, an outspoken critic of violent government crackdowns against protesters, may face criminal charges for the role he has played in anti-government protests, his lawyer said Sunday....
An administrative judge for the Department of Education overturned a $55,000 fine issued against Virginia Tech for its response to the shootings in 2007 . Judge Ernest Canellos ruled that the university's warning system...
Six Oklahoma voters, along with women's healthcare providers and religious groups, filed a lawsuit Thursday against an Oklahoma ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to redefine "personhood." The amendment would confer "personhood" rights...
