El Salvador's Supreme Court ruled Monday that the country's street gangs and those who support them financially will now be classified as terrorist groups. The ruling was made as part of a...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday spoke against the execution of an Iraqi man and his two wives in the Kurdistan region. Human rights officials...
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council on Monday rejected calls from protesters for the resignation of the country's most senior Supreme Court judge. The demand for Judge Medhat Mahmoud to "retire" came as...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Monday declined to assert jurisdiction over whether Northwestern University football players can form a union, overturning its 2014 decision which recognized the players as...
The US Department of Commerce on Friday agreed to allow limited crude oil trading with Mexico, easing a ban on crude exports that has been in place for 40 years. Members of the US Congress was informed...
A Kentucky county clerk on Friday again appealed the ruling of a federal judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ordering her to resume issuing marriage licenses. Following the US Supreme Court's...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contributor Khadija Ismayilova on Friday went on trial in Baku, Azerbaijan eight months after her arrest. The investigative journalist faces charges of tax evasion, abuse of power and embezzlement,...
A Colorado jury on Friday sentenced James Holmes to life in prison for killing 12 people and injuring 70 in the 2012 shooting movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. The sentence , which carries no possibility of...
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Thursday ordered a review of military recruitment office security policies, according to a statement from the Pentagon. Speaking on the order , Pentagon spokesperson Navy Captain Jeff...
The Israeli parliament on Thursday passed a law that allows the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes if their lives are at risk. The law, which passed in a close vote of 46 - 40,...
