The South Africa Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed for leave to appeal the unfavorable judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) concerning the government's failure to detain Sudan President Omar al-Bashir...

Congress introduced a new bill on Friday which will force smartphone manufacturers to decrypt data in response to law enforcement demands. The bill was proposed by senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr, and states that companies "must...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood of Indiana filed suit against the state of Indiana on Thursday, challenging the constitutionality of a recently-signed abortion law that would prevent abortions sought due...

U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer on Thursday unsealed an opinion from late March ruling that the government did not have grounds to designate the major insurance company, Metlife , as "too big to fail."...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that European Union states are violating international law by breaking their migrant pact with Turkey, by not allowing the country to extradite suspected terrorists. Speaking at a ceremony in...

Courts in Belgium heard cases on Thursday concerning the attacks in Paris. One of the hearings concerned whether Salah Abdeslam would be remanded in custody before being transferred to the French government. Last week following a...

Pakistani authorities opened a probe on Thursday into reports that a charity run by a militant group has established an Islamic court. The group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has reportedly established a court separate from the judiciary in Lahore. Legal...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill (HB 2665) on Thursday enacting a new funding formula for schools. The bill replaces a formula that was found to be unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court...

Former US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in a sentencing memorandum filed on Wednesday urged the court to spare him jail time and impose a sentence of probation. The memorandum first acknowledged Hastert's past...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday reminded Bahrain to regard human rights as essential amid growing international concern that the government is engaging in sectarian discrimination. The secretary made the remarks in a joint...