The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced the finalization of a new rule that extends its regulatory power to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars and more. The new rule reportedly strengthens the implementation...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Thursday rejected Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami's final appeal of his death sentence for war crimes committed in the country's war for independence against Pakistan in 1971. Nizami's conviction was made...
An Argentinian federal prosecutor on Monday made a formal request to a judge to conduct an investigation of former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her son for illegal enrichment. Federal prosecutor Carlos Rivolo has been overseeing...
New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Monday ruled that New York election officials may certify the recent primary election results after rejecting a challenge to the state's "closed primary" system. New York attorney Mark Warren...
The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) on Tuesday released an order allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect telephone records under the new intelligence law passed by congress last year. The...
The Hague District Court on Wednesday overturned a 2014 order from the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that Russia pay USD $50 billion to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company [Foreign...
The lower house of Brazil's National Congress on Sunday voted in favor of impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for manipulating government accounts. The Chamber of Deputies voted for impeachment by the...
The Supreme People's Court of China on Monday clarified that the maximum penalty for the crime of corruption in the form of embezzlement or accepting bribes amounting to high sums of money will be the death penalty....
A Chicago task force assigned by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday issued a report finding that racism has caused systematic failures within the city's police department. The report includes statistics illustrating how African Americans are...
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Wednesday signed an executive order that creates a new anti-discrimination law intended to protect members of the LGBT community. Prior to signing the executive order, there was...
