The recently-impeached South Korea President Guen-Hye Park was arrested Friday on charges of bribery, coercion, abuse of power, and leaking government secrets. Park may be facing an additional nine other charges and can be held behind bars for up to 20 days during the course of the investigation. A Seoul district court issued the warrant [...]
A UK court of appeals declined on Thursday to allow a man with a terminal disease the right to seek his own death. Noel Conway has terminal motor neurone disease and is only expected to live another 12 months. Conway asked the court to find that the Suicide Act of 1961 is in conflict with [...]
The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Wednesday essentially dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly, assuming all legislative powers. The court ruled that because the legislature had defied previous court rulings, all of its decisions are invalid. The move has been decried as a “coup” by the opposition and has already been condemned by the international community. [...]
Attorney General Edgar Veytia of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, has been arrested on charges of international narcotics trafficking conspiracy, according to court documents filed by federal officials on Tuesday. The gist of the grand jury indictment obtained on Veytia earlier this month is that Veytia “together with others, did knowingly and intentionally conspire to [...]
Legal counsel for detained reporter, Deniz Yucel, appeared before the Turkish Constitutional Court to request his release, his employer Die Welt said Wednesday. Yucel was detained in mid-February, and has been held by the Turkish government since. The charges against Yucel include the production of terrorist propaganda and incitement of the population. According to Die [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii granted the state of Hawaii’s request on Wednesday to convert the temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking President Donald Trump‘s travel ban earlier this month into a preliminary injunction . The court first clarified that it has discretion to convert a TRO into a [...]
A judge for the criminal division of the Tribunal of Trani on Thursday acquitted Standard & Poor (S&P) officials over market manipulation charges. The credit rating agency was accused of contributing to the economic woes suffered by the country by cutting ratings in 2011 and 2012, and the state was seeking jail terms of 2-3 [...]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday establishing a task force for combating drug addiction that will be led by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis will be made up of members appointed by the president. The purpose of the commission will be [...]
The city of Seattle filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing that their designation as a “sanctuary city” should not prevent them from receiving federal funds, as required by Executive Order 13768 . Seattle asked the US District Court for the Western District of Washington to formally declare that Seattle’s policy of [...]
The UK Parliament on Thursday released the Great Repeal Bill , outlining the process to solve issues that could arise out as Britain leaves the EU. The legislation comes a day after the UK government triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to officially begin the process of leaving the EU. The bill has three [...]
