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Iraq's Supreme Justice Council on Thursday ordered the arrest of Kurdistan Regional Government Vice President Kosrat Rasul on charges of "provocation" against Iraq's armed forces. The court order comes after Rasul has spoken out against the increased military...

A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Ayla Albayrak in absentia to 25 months in prison for propaganda charges . The conviction underlying the sentence comes as a result of Albayrak's 2015 story...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A Vietnamese Court began issuing verdicts and sentences Friday in an ongoing anti-corruption case for members of Ocean Bank, with former CEO Nguyen Xuan Son being sentenced to...

The Independent High Elections and Referendum Commission (IHERC) of Kurdistan announced the results of Monday's independence referendum vote Wednesday. In total, 92 percent of the voters voted "Yes" to secede from Iraq and create an independent Kurdistan. About...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Transport for London (TfL) on Friday announced that it will not issue a private hire operator license to Uber London Limited to operate in London. ...

The UN Security Council voted Thursday to establish an investigation into the Islamic State over possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Iraq. IS has previously been accused by the UN of...

Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) independence referendum vote that was set to take place September 25. The move follows [JURIST...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees....

The Iraqi parliament voted to oust Kirkuk governor Najm al-Din Karim on Thursday amid rising Kurdish tensions over a planned independence referendum . Following the council of Iraq's vote against the referendum petition Tuesday, parliament authorized...

The council of Iraq on Tuesday denied the referendum petition of Kurdistan to permit its independence. The council voted to keep Kurdistan in its region despite its ongoing tensions to maintain the...