China’s Qingdao Maritime Court on Monday ruled that a lawsuit against ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil for a 2011 oil spill can proceed. The suit was brought by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation and it the first case to proceed since the country revised a law (Environmental Protection Law Article 58, [...]
The US State Department said Monday that the US and Turkey have agreed to establish a ‘safe zone’ for Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State (IS) by. The State Department’s spokesperson, John Kirby, answered questions saying that the US will continue to discuss with the Turkish government, “how to better cooperate along that border against [...]
The US State Department on Monday released released the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) . The report upgraded Malaysia and Cuba from the “Tier 3 Watch List” , as countries not making significant effort to comply with the minimum standards, to the “Tier 2 Watch List”, as countries making significant effort to comply, a [...]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) released a statement Monday indicating that Cyprus has made significant strides toward economic recovery, and must continue to make reforms in order to achieve full recovery. Following a meeting to review progress on Cyprus’ March 2013 economic rescue deal , the groups stated that Cyprus [...]
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said the discovery of 129 bodies in the southern state of Guerrero “confirms what we had already found: the sheer magnitude of the crisis of enforced disappearances in Guerrero and elsewhere in Mexico is truly shocking.” The 129 bodies were discovered during the search for 43 missing students from the [...]
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Monday that it has imposed a record $105 million penalty against Fiat Chrysler for its failure to provide a remedy and notices for 23 recalls related to malfunctions of their automobiles. Defective suspension systems could cause Jeep brand vehicles to lose control and other problems made [...]
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Friday announced that the government has opened an investigation into five airlines that allegedly raised fares in Northeastern markets after the Amtrak accident in May. The US Department of Transportation sent letters to Delta, United, American, Southwest and JetBlue requesting information on their fare prices before and after [...]
Former India Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said that “there has been a gross travesty of justice in the case of Yakub Memon.” Katju said that after thoroughly studying the judgment of the court, he believes that Memon was convicted on weak evidence for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai serial bombings that [...]
The UK Foreign Office on Saturday loosened its travel advisory for Iran , lifting the “essential travel only” status for most of the country. It still advises against all travel to areas along the border of Iraq and Afghanistan and other conflict areas. The advisory informs that the British embassy there was burned down so [...]
Judge Dolly Gee of the District Court for the Central District of California ruled Friday that the current Department of Justice (DOJ) method of detaining children with their mothers violates a 1997 court settlement. The settlement bars children from being detained in unlicensed secure facilities. The issue was whether this covered all children including those [...]
