The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed Resolution 2056 on Thursday to address the continued hostilities in the country of Mali and demand the violence come to an end. The unanimously adopted resolution...

United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on Wednesday denied a motion to stay in Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, another challenge to Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...

The Congress of Peru on Wednesday approved a bill that would reform the country's private pension system. The bill, which will increase the number of workers while lowering the fees for contributors, was passed with...

The Supreme Court of Missouri on Tuesday ruled that revision to Missouri tax law does not violate the Missouri Constitution . The law was approved by Missouri voters through referendum in 2010 and requires...

British legislators on Thursday approved a parliamentary inquiry into the country's banking industry. The 330 to 226 vote came two days after Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would initiate the parliamentary...

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday passed the its first-ever resolution to protect the free speech of individuals online. The resolution was approved by all 47 members of the council , including China and Cuba,...

After finding evidence of inconsistencies Mexico's electoral authorities on Thursday announced that they will recount votes cast in Sunday's presidential election. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the left wing party Partido de la Revolucion Democratica...

UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Mutuma Ruteere on Tuesday called on the international community to be wary of signs of racism that could lead to escalated...

The Criminal Court of the City of New York this week upheld a subpoena forcing social networking site Twitter to turn over account information for one of its users. The District Attorney's office requested the...

A Japanese expert panel on Thursday issued a report claiming that the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was preventable. In the 641-page document the panel claims that the accident was not caused solely by the earthquake...