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 [...]
US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Kenya and other African countries to provide for the equal treatment of gay and lesbian people at a press conference with the president of Kenya, Uhuru . The Obama Administration has said it is committed to eliminating barriers to equality and fighting discrimination based on sexual orientation [...]
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected to a third term on Friday, leading to public protest and international criticism. Although the election resulted in Nkurunziza receiving 69 percent of the vote, the Constitution of Burundi states that presidents shall be universally elected into office for a term of five years and can renew the term [...]
The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs on Saturday urged those involved on all sides of the South Sudan conflict to end their fighting and make peace in the interest of protecting innocent civilians. Stephen O’Brien’s statements came at the end of a four day trip to South Sudan earlier this month. O’Brien stated that [...]
Tunisia’s parliament on Saturday voted to approve a new anti-terror law despite strong criticism from NGOs and human rights groups. The law, which replaces 2003 legislation passed under the dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , was adopted following an attack in June in Sousse and on Tunisia’s national museum in March, both claimed by [...]
France’s Constitutional Court decided Friday that a new billing allowing for broad surveillance of terrorism suspects does not violate the country’s constitution. The bill was proposed before the most recent terrorist attacks but officials stated that the recent attacks have added to the urgent need to pass the legislation. The court’s ruling is one of [...]
The US Third Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed one of two criminal charges filed against former Texas governor Rick Perry last year.The court stated that the coercion of a public servant charge Perry had faced infringed upon his constitutional right to freedom of speech and that the state had relied upon a definition of [...]
Greece’s parliament on Thursday passed a second set of economic reforms with an overwhelming 230-63 majority vote. Greece’s creditors asked that the second set of economic overhauls be passed before they began negotiations for the aid program, which will help the country’s economy and save it from bankruptcy. Before the vote, Greek Prime Minister Alexis [...]
The Migration Policy Institute released a report on Thursday finding that the Obama administration’s new policies that will protect up to 87 percent of undocumented immigrants in the United States from facing deportation. The report stated that the total number of deportations is estimated to drop by as much as 25,000 per year. The new [...]
