The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission the court heard arguments on whether the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC)...
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Supreme court hears arguments on redistricting, state legislative maps
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Supreme Court allows Maryland redistricting challenge to proceed
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Amnesty: Islamic State armed due to ‘reckless arms trading’ with Iraq
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Burkina Faso coup leader charged with complicity in assassination of Thomas Sankara
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Allegations of fraud taint Armenia constitutional reform vote
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DOJ to open investigation into Chicago police department
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Supreme Court hears arguments on jurisdiction of Indian tribal courts
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Supreme Court lets Illinois gun law stand
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UN SG condemns Boko Haram for Chad attacks
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Iraq orders Turkey withdraw troops, claims violation of international law
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The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that a Maryland man's congressional redistricting lawsuit should be heard by a special three-judge panel and may therefore proceed. In Shapiro v. McManus the court was...
Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) is in possession of a "large and lethal" arsenal due to decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated international flow of weapons into Iraq....
Prosecutor Col. Sita Sangare, Burkina Faso's director of military justice, on Sunday announced charges filed last week against General Gilbert Diendere for complicity in the assassination of former president and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. Diendere, the...
The Armenian Electoral Commission on Monday announced that Armenia's constitution will be amended as a result of Sunday's referendum. However, opposition MP's and independent European observers have alleged serious irregularities in the...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it will be opening a full investigation into the Chicago Police Department (CPD) following the 2014 police shooting death of a black teenager....
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians the court heard arguments on whether tribal courts can hear civil cases...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Second Amendment challenge to a gun law enforced in Highland Park, Illinois, denying certiorari in Friedman v. City of Highland Park [docket; cert. petition,...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Boko Haram on Sunday for the group's alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and...
Iraqi government officials ordered Turkey on Saturday to withdraw hundreds of troops deployed near Mosul, the largest city currently controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. Iraqi President Fouad Massoum stated that the deployment was...
