The US Supreme Court on Friday granted review for ABC, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. , to decide the legality of Aereo's online service that streams and records publicly broadcast television programming without...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday struck down part of Chicago's gun ordinance banning the licensed sale of firearms in the city, ruling that it was...
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday signed into law a landmark anti-graft bill passed by parliament in December. The new law creates a corruption ombudsman with extensive power to prosecute politicians and civil servants to...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that three Uighur Muslim detainees were transferred to Slovakia from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The detainees, Yusef Abbas, Saidullah Khalik and Hajiakbar Abdul Ghuper, were the...
African leaders met Thursday in South Sudan for closed-door talks about ending the fighting that began in the country earlier this month. Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn met with South...
Thailand's government on Thursday rejected calls to postpone the upcoming February elections despite violent protests that have left a police officer dead and nearly 100 people injured. The Election Commission of Thailand made the request...
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich offered amnesty on Friday to those detained while participating in the country's recent anti-government protests. The proposal was made during a roundtable discussion with opposition leaders. "My point...
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday reinstated an 1861 law prohibiting sex between consenting adults of the same sex, overturning a lower court decision. The law, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, was passed during...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainee Abdul Razak Ali. Ali, who was captured in...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday reversed a previous decision that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta be excused from parts of his crimes against humanity trial. In the initial ruling , the Trial Chamber...
