An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted five police officers in absentia for the death of protesters last year and sentenced each to 10 years in prison. The men were charged with killing protesters during the 2011 revolution. The conviction...
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on Friday signed Virginia's new voter ID legislation which will require voters to show one form of acceptable identification in order to cast a vote. In addition to signing the...
The city of Buenos Aires passed a resolution Friday that will recognize same-sex marriages for non-citizens, making it the fourth district in Argentina to legalize such marriages. The new law allows tourists and...
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Friday concluded its investigation into a complaint that a number of Motorola mobile phones infringed on several Microsoft patents. The decision affirmed the ruling of an...
The Israeli Knesset Wednesday rejected a bill that would have legalized civil marriages in the country. The "Freedom of Choice in Marriage" bill was proposed to allow marriages not approved by Jewish Law , including...
Amnesty International (AI) urged the Sudanese government on Tuesday to stop its alleged press censorship. AI reports that Sudanese authorities have on several occasions seized newspapers from the printing press. Additionally, a prominent columnist, Faisal...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday awarded victims' families over $300 million dollars in damages from the governments of Syria and Iran for their roles in an...
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that his office will seek arrest warrants for two rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for war crimes and crimes against...
A judge for the District Court of Oklahoma County on Friday ruled that an Oklahoma law restricting how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients was a violation of the Oklahoma Constitution ....
Ali Mussa Daqduq, a former detainee of the US with ties to Hezbollah , was cleared of all charges in an Iraqi court, his lawyer said Monday. The US handed Daqduq over to Iraqi authorities...
