UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday told officials at the Istanbul II Conference on Somalia that the Somali government must continue to work to ensure a smooth transition into permanent government and a...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ended its investigation into the health care conditions of incarcerated former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , finding that the Ukrainian...
A lawyer for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday defended the warrantless use of global positioning system (GPS) devices on suspects' vehicles despite a January Supreme Court ruling declaring GPS...
Laws legalizing marriage and adoption for same-sex couples will soon be introduced in France, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a French television station on Friday. Same-sex marriage is currently banned by law in France. The prime minister's...
The Syrian government has released more than 500 prisoners detained during pro-democracy demonstrations in the last month, Syria's official news agency reported Thursday. The report indicated that the government released 265 prisoners on May 5 and another...
Libya will begin the prosecution of senior officials who served under former leader Muammar Gaddafi in June, Prosecutor-General Abdul Azizi al-Hassadi told reporters on Thursday. The trials will begin with the prosecution of former...
An appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man seeking to recover damages because of a false rumor that he was gay. The court noted...
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka told reporters on Wednesday that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko may face additional criminal charges, including charges relating to the 1996 shooting of lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban and...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday ruled that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , which defines marriage as between one man and one...
Egypt's state-of-emergency will come to an end on Thursday when a two-year extension on a law authorizing broad government powers of arrest and detention expires. Individuals who have already been sentenced or detained under the less-restrictive requirements of the...
