India's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha , approved a bill on Thursday that imposes tough penalties on perpetrators of sex crimes. The bill, which was approved by the lower house earlier this...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced on Thursday that the UN will initiate a probe into the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Syrian government requested the probe earlier this week...
Kenya's election commission on Saturday declared Uhuru Kenyatta , son of Kenya's first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, the winner of the nation's 2013 presidential election. Shortly after the official announcement Kenyatta's top election opponent...
The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled on Wednesday that certain offensive statements regarding another individual's sexual orientation are not protected under the nation's freedom of expression laws. In a 3-2...
US President Barack Obama signed into law an updated version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Thursday. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994, provides legal assistance, counseling and other...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday reduced the amount of damages that Samsung Electronics must pay Apple for infringing on Apple patents. In August...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld a 21-year-old federal law prohibiting gambling, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting. Judge Michael Shipp ruled...
A Dutch court on Friday convicted Yvonne Basebya , a Dutch citizen born in Rwanda, of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The District Court of The Hague sentenced Basebya to six years and eight months...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused on Friday to rehear a case decided in December that struck down Illinois' ban on carrying concealed weapons. Last month, Illinois Attorney General...
The Uruguay Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a 2011 law allowing for investigations into crimes committed during the country's 1973-1985 dictatorship is unconstitutional. Uruguay's legislature passed the law in 2011, allowing the government to investigate human rights violations...
