Kizza Besigye, the opposition candidate for president of Uganda, was arrested with several of his supporters on Friday. Besigye was arrested as the election commission released early results that showed incumbent President Yoweri Museveni leading the election with...

Amnesty International (AI) criticized the state of justice in Iraq on Thursday after a court in that country sentenced 40 men to death. The Baghdad court found the men guilty of being Sunni jihadists and allied...

The Supreme Court of India on Friday refused to intervene in the arrest of left-wing student leader, Kanhaiya Kumar, for sedition. Kumar's arrest triggered demonstrations in universities across the country against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act but enjoined the Secretary of Health and Human Services from the enforcing the mandate until...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation Thursday that will effectively cut funding to Planned Parenthood in the state by millions of dollars, although the two bills do not target Planned Parenthood by name. The first new law ...

Chicago residents filed a class action lawsuit Thursday accusing the city of Chicago of knowingly contaminating the city's water supply when replacing lead water pipes in the city. The elevated, unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water...

The Oregon legislature approved a law to create the highest minimum wage rate in the country Thursday. The system works according to the specific economic need in a particular region, taking the cost of living of each into account....

The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that would create distinct marriage license forms for opposite-sex and same-sex couples. The bill in its current form provides that opposite-sex couples register themselves as...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action suit against Kansas on Thursday on behalf of six individuals challenging Kansas' voter registration law. Since 2011, Kansas has been one of only four states that...

UNICEF reported Friday that the Ukraine conflict has severely affected children living in the area. The constant violence and fear has resulted in one in three children suffering psychologically. The UN reported nearly a quarter billion...