The Israeli Knesset voted 62-45 on Wednesday to enable it to impeach legislators for inciting racism or supporting armed struggle against the state. Impeachment under the new law would reach the full Knesset after referral from...
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen on Wednesday blocked a ballot measure proposing an amendment to the Illinois Consitution that aimed to eliminate the General Assembly's power to draw legislative district boundaries. The proposal advanced...
According to a judicial source, four men believed to be linked to Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who killed 84 people as he drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, have been arrested . One of...
The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska voted on Friday to hold a referendum within its territory on September 25 to decide whether to set its Statehood Day on January 9. The date...
The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, taking the unusual step of placing the country's leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other officials on a blacklist for human rights abusers. The sanctions would bar...
The findings of the seven-year inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot , into Britain's role in the invasion of Iraq were delivered on Wednesday in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony...
The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin near Beijing jailed Ling Jihua, a top aide to former China president Hu Jintao , and sentenced him to life after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state...
Vietnam has urged ]statement, in Vietnamese] the international tribunal in The Hague to deliver a "fair and objective" ruling concerning Philippines' challenge to China's expansive claims in the South China Sea. Two days after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Muhammed Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Muslim cleric and rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , saying the court...
In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT...
