UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern Wednesday about the lengthy and "severe" prison sentences recently issued by a Myanmar court against pro-democracy demonstrators. He called for the country's military junta to release...
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Connecticut Superior Court Judge Jonathan Silbert signed a final order on Wednesday allowing same-sex marriage in the state. Last month, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that state...
The South African Constitutional Court Wednesday refused to hear an appeal brought by former president Thabo Mbeki of a lower court ruling that dismissed corruption charges against his rival, African National Congress...
The government of Bangladesh on Wednesday reinstated a state of emergency banning political demonstrations in the country for two weeks. The ban had recently been lifted after being imposed in 2007, but was reissued in response to...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Pleasant Grove City, UT v. Summum , the Court considered whether privately donated monuments...
Former Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase said Wednesday that he will seek an appeal of an October decision by the Fijian High Court dismissing his challenge to the country's 2006 coup. In...
The Uruguayan Senate passed a bill Tuesday that partially decriminalizes abortion , but it is unlikely the bill has the support needed to override a veto promised by Uruguayan...
The German ambassador to Rwanda was given 24 hours on Tuesday to leave the country in response to Sunday's arrest of a Rwandan presidential aide in Germany in connection with the 1994 assassination of then-president Juvenal Habyarima...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Winter v. National Resources Defense Council that the US Navy may continue using sonar as part of military training...
Bolivian officials on Tuesday formally requested that the US issue extradition orders for former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to face genocide charges for his role in October 2003 riots [Amnesty International...
