The US State Department said Monday that it has evidence showing the Syrian government has been using crematoriums to dispose of inmates’ bodies in the Saydnaya prison . Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Stuart Jones asserted that about 70 people are held in each five-person capacity prison cell and approximately 50 inmates [...]
South Africa’s highest court heard arguments on Monday from opposition parties who demanded that the motion of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma be voted on using a secret ballot. Zuma, who has been implicated in a series of corruption scandals, has survived similar past impeachment efforts and is also the leader of the African National [...]
The Ukrainian Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions on a series of Russian tech companies Tuesday, citing security concerns over possible cyber attacks. The council said that the sanctions were imposed to protect against companies “whose activities threaten the information and cyber security of Ukraine”. The sanctions froze any assets held by the Russian companies [...]
The Iranian judiciary news service Mizan reported Tuesday that there have been over 60 violations of election law and two arrests leading up to planned presidential elections in the country later this week. The election, which is scheduled for Friday, is among current President Hassan Rouhani and a handful of challengers. Rouhani is favored to [...]
The US District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Uber engineer removed from the self-driving division of the company in a ruling made public Monday. The case Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies Inc. centers on engineer Anthony Levandowski who may have stolen information from self-driving technology company Waymo before becoming employed at Uber. [...]
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday on the Trump administration’s revised ban on travelers from some majority Muslim countries. State of Hawaii, et al. v. Trump was brought before the court on appeal after the travel ban was previously struck down . At issue is the alleged discriminatory intent of the [...]
The Supreme Court of the United States held on Monday that a creditor may seek repayment of a debt even after the statute of limitations period has expired without facing sanctions. The court, in a 5-3 decision, ruled in favor of Midland Funding , a credit management corporation, which was being sued by Aleida Johnson, [...]
The European Union (EU) Council on Monday urged Venezuelan officials to release political prisoners and hold elections in hopes of ending the violent protests against President Nicolas Maduro . The EU called for peace saying that: Violence and the use of force will not solve the country’s crisis. The fundamental rights of the Venezuelan people, [...]
The Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion on Monday for Howell v. Howell ruling that a veteran does not need to pay a divorced spouse for retirement benefits that have been waived in favor of service-related disability benefits. In Mansell v. Mansell the court held that while the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ [...]
The US Supreme Court issued an opinion for Kindred Nursing Centers Limited Partnership v. Clark on Monday holding that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts a Kentucky state law that requires a power-of-attorney agreements to expressly grant authority to enter an arbitration agreement. The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that arbitration agreements signed by legal representatives [...]
