Canada's Liberal government said Thursday that it would strike an amendment expanding the definition of who may seek physician-assisted suicide. The bill , which was passed Wednesday by the Senate , would allow individuals that are not...
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Canada government to reject amendment expanding scope of physician-assisted death law
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UN rights experts urge India to eliminate barriers to civilian access to foreign funding
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Federal judge rejects Texas attempt to block Syrian refugees
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UN: Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidi people
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CIA declassifies files on detention and interrogation program
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Supreme Court rules on contractor liability under False Claims Act
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Supreme Court rules for veteran-owned business
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Supreme Court rules on attorney’s fees in copyright case
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EU court rules UK can restrict some benefits to migrants
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Bahrain court suspends opposition group
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A group of independent UN human rights experts urged India on Thursday to repeal a law increasingly being used to obstruct civilian access to foreign funding. This news comes in the wake of a six-month suspension on the...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday signed an order rejecting Texas' attempts to halt Syrian refugee resettlement in the state. The order provided a factual...
A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. The...
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday declassified 50 documents related to its detention and Interrogation program pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This several hundred-page release covers internal CIA...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Universal Health Services v. United States ex rel. Escobar , a case dealing with fraud claims against federal contractors. The question before the court was whether the...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States in favor of a veteran-owned business in a challenge against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) . In 2006...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. on the standard for awarding attorney's fees under § 505 of the Copyright Act . Under the act, the...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday rejected a challenge to Britain's refusal to pay family welfare benefits to unemployed EU migrants who do not have the right to reside in the UK. The judges ruled...
A Bahraini court on Tuesday issued a three month suspension of the group Al-Wefaq. . The court found that the group has engaged in "terrorism, extremism, and violence." The ban is pending a verdict to determine...
