The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt's state-run news [Nile News,...

Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested Wednesday on treason charges for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade. Police raided Hichilema's house and questioned him after he blocked the president's motorcade on Saturday. Hichilema has been...

Hundreds of detainees at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington began a hunger strike on Monday . According to NWDC Resistance , an advocacy group for undocumented immigrants, prior to the beginning...

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on Monday that the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe has exercised sufficient governmental power to meet the requirements of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) , which would...

The UK Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday that terminally ill Noel Conway can proceed with challenge of the country's law against assisted dying. Noel Conway, a retired college lecturer, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in...

A Brazil Supreme Court justice on Tuesday ordered investigations into eight cabinet ministers and dozens of lawmakers who are allegedly linked to the country's so-called "car wash" bribery scheme. The list of those under investigation consists...

Human Rights Watch issued a report on Tuesday saying California's bail system pressures the poor into pleading guilty in order to be released from jail. The group said tens of thousands of Californians have been held for...

European Union vice president Frans Timmermans announced on Wednesday that a legal assessment will be launched "as soon as possible" regarding Hungary's recently enacted Higher Education Law. Opponents argue the law is meant to close the...

The state of Hawaii, in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban, requested on Tuesday that the entire Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sit for review of the case. Hawaii is requesting the en banc...

Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report on global use of the death penalty Tuesday, saying China continues to use the punishment more than any other country. The group says the exact number of...