The US Department of State on Tuesday announced it will not use anti-personnel landmines outside of the Korean Peninsula, underscoring its commitment to the aims of the Ottawa Convention , the treaty that prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. The Korean Peninsula is an exception to the treaty where US actions [...]
The US District Court for the District of Colorado denied on Monday a request by Citizens United for a preliminary injunction to allow the conservative organization to air a political documentary without disclosing the film’s advertising donors as required by state law . The documentary, Rocky Mountain Heist, which the group hopes to air before [...]
A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday found the Jordan-based Arab Bank liable for providing material support to Hamas . The plaintiffs were 300 victims injured in attacks by Hamas against Israel. The jury found that Arab Bank conducted business with leaders and members of Hamas, [...]
The Fifteenth Judicial District Court of Louisiana issued a ruling Monday holding the state’s ban on the recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside of the state unconstitutional. The ruling comes just days after the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana became the first federal court to uphold a state’s ban on same-sex [...]
The Israeli High Court of Justice on Monday ordered a detention center used to detain African migrants who had crossed illegally and were captured in the Negev Desert to close. The decision annulled the government’s Law for the Prevention of Infiltration which permitted the state to detain undocumented immigrants for up to one year in [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday ruled that plaintiffs did not have standing to sue in a lawsuit challenging the delay of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) employer mandate. The plaintiffs, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) , argued that the Obama administration did not [...]
Oklahoma County District Judge Thomas Prince ruled Friday that a privately funded Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol Building does not violate the state’s constitution. The monument was erected in 2012 after gaining approval in 2009 from the state legislature. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Oklahoma [...]
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on Monday signed into law the 16th Amendment to the nation’s Constitution granting Parliament the ability to impeach Supreme Court justices. The signing of the 16th Amendment has been condemned by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) who had requested to President send the proposed bill back to Parliament for additional review. [...]
A French appeals court ruled Monday that Swiss bank UBS must deposit a guarantee of 1.1 billion euro in an investigation of charges for aiding in tax evasion for wealthy French customers. In July UBS was put under formal investigation for allegations of laundering the proceeds of tax evasion. French judges requested the payment amount [...]
More than 140,000 people have been internally displaced in Libya as a result of the country’s rapidly deteriorating security situation, the UN said Monday. Renewed fighting between feuding militias has caused a new wave of displacement, particularly in the western outskirts of Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi, and has heightened the humanitarian needs [...]
