The Russian legislature on Friday passed a bill that will make it easier for political parties to register with the government. The bill was introduced in response to widely disputed and heavily...
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The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Friday that it filed a subpoena enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Wells Fargo & Company ...
The Egyptian parliament met on Saturday to appoint the 100-member panel that will draft the country's new constitution. A significant struggle is expected between the Islamists and liberals to reduce over 1,000 nominations to 100 individuals...
More than 20 Iraqi police officers were arrested and face interrogation Saturday following the escape of 19 detainees from a temporary prison in Iraq. The group of escapees, who were being held at the al-Tasfirat prison in the city...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday issued a decision requiring sentencing judges to consider the history of oppression that Aboriginal offenders may have experienced when determining appropriate sentences. The court determined that sentencing judges should...
Over the past couple weeks, several people have asked why JURIST needs to raise funds. You can read all the details on these pages, but the most direct answer is that it all comes back to budget cuts....
US Attorney General Eric Holder signed new guidelines on Thursday for the use of information not related to terrorism activities by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) . The NCTC is permitted to gather data on...
US Army Sgt. Robert Bales was charged with 17 counts of murder Friday for the alleged shooting of Afghan civilians, including women and children, in a Kandahar village almost two weeks ago. He will also be charged with six...
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday requiring the agency to initiate withdrawal proceedings that could lead...
Thirty-five Nigerian villages brought a suit against Shell Friday in a London court alleging Shell's slow response in cleaning up two oil spills in a neighboring river ruined their livelihoods. The lawsuit claims Shell is...
