Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the government that has been increasing its efforts against terrorism in past years. However, those opposed to the ruling are concerned [...]
A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement in Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Lipkin contributed to the scheme by falsifying records. While Madoff insisted that [...]
The Israel Defense Ministry on Wednesday jailed an Israeli extremists for sixth months with no charges or formal trial. It is reported that Mordechai Meyer was sent to jail in as an effort by Israel officials to stop militant Jews involvement in future violent attacks against the citizens of the country. Meyer is alleged to [...]
The UN on Wednesday said that a new report shows a significant increase in the number of women and children being hurt or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and other insurgents. The number of total casualties in the conflict rose by approximately one percent in the first half of this year, but the [...]
The US Senate on Tuesday approved a new bill that provides an extension of American commercial space laws. Sponsored by Texas Senator Ted Cruz and other Senators from both parties, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act was approved to promote competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space sector, and for other purposes.The new legislation amends [...]
Mexico Federal District Attorney General Rodolfo Rios Garza announced Wednesday that police have arrested a man suspected of murdering photojournalist Rueben Espinosa and four women last week . The suspect, whose identity was not released, was found by linking a fingerprint discovered at the apartment where the killings took place. Espinosa had fled to Mexico [...]
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that over 2,000 migrants have died this year in an attempt to enter Europe through the Mediterranean Sea. According to IOM, the death toll this year, up from 1,607 at the same point in the year last year, confirms that migrants’ attempt to enter Europe through the [...]
Harald Range , Germany’s top prosecutor, was dismissed from his duties on Tuesday by Justice Minister Heiko Maas after Range accused the German government of obstructing his investigation against two German journalists. Range was interested in an investigation against the two journalists from the website Netzpolitik.org, which had reported on the expansion of surveillance of [...]
The Indian government ordered internet service providers (ISPs) on Tuesday to allow access to the 857 previously banned pornography and humor websites, provided they did not include child pornography. The news comes in response to international criticism that came as a result of the bans issued a few days earlier by the Department of Telecommunications [...]
A Guatemalan court on Tuesday ordered former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to undergo competency tests to determine whether he is fit to stand trial for his alleged role in the torture, rape and murder of 1,771 indigenous people between 1982 and 1983 during Guatemala’s civil war . Rios Montt was convicted on these charges in [...]
