Thailand's military government on Monday appointed a committee to write a new constitution after a previous draft was rejected last month. The committee, which consists of 21 members, will begin work on a new draft on Tuesday that must...

The Judicial Council of Ghana on Monday announced the suspension of seven high court judges following corruption allegations by an investigative journalist. The decision was based on video footage collected in a nationwide investigation conducted by Anas...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that EU user data transferred to the US by various technology companies is not sufficiently protected. The case was brought by Austrian Max Schrems ...

California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that provides terminally ill patients the right to die. Brown stated, "he crux of the matter is whether the State of California should continue to make...

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday on two cases. In Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore , the court heard arguments regarding the role of spouses as guarantors in credit applications....

A dozen Pacific Rim nations, including the US, on Monday announced that they have agreed to a historic regional trade pact that links 40 percent of the global economy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the largest such accord in history,...

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the US Department of Justice in the case of two former hedge fund traders whose insider trading convictions were overturned...

California Governor Jerry Brown , on Saturday signed a new bill that is meant to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive use of force by police. The "Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015"...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Saturday for a "swift, full and transparent investigation" into airstrikes that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Kunduz, Afghanistan, over...

The last remaining British Guantanamo detainee is on a hunger strike, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Shaker Aamer told the Daily Mail via his lawyer that he is still subject to physical abuse despite reports that he will...