The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday threw out a lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad claiming he was tortured. The appeals court affirmed the district court in refusing...
Thailand referendum voters on Sunday supported a draft of a new Constitution submitted by a military-appointed counsel, according to unofficial numbers . Although the turnout was low, a clear majority has determined the document will help restore stability in...
Alberto Fujimori , Peru's former leader who was jailed in 2007, submitted another request for a presidential pardon on Saturday, just five days before President-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office. Fujimori is serving a...
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon released a statement on Friday condemning the recent fighting in Kidal, Mali . The fighting arose at the end of last week between the Platform Movement and the...
The Bahrain High Civil Court on Sunday ordered al-Wefaq , the main Shiite opposition group in the country, to be dissolved. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group . The court found that the...
Groups of activists in Vietnam were detained Sunday while protesting China's rejection of the international ruling regarding the South China Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued the ruling on Tuesday,...
Apple agreed on Friday to a $25 million settlement with Network-1 Technologies to end a patent infringement claim. The claim involved U.S. Patent No. 6,006,227 (227 Patent) , a "document stream operating system" that organizes files...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a bill (S.2407) into law on Friday protecting against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The bill was passed earlier in the week by both houses of...
California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed 20 bills into law , six of which were bills altering the gun laws in the state . Brown stated that he signed the bills "to...
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a Mississippi law allowing for religious objections to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community is unconstitutional . HB 1523 , set to go into effect Friday, sought to...
