Apple filed a brief in the US District Court for the Central District of California Thursday in opposition of the US government's request for the company to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter...
The Italian Senate , using a confidence motion in parliament on Thursday, voted 173-71 to approve a bill permitting civil unions for same-sex and heterosexual couples. The approved bill...
Michigan, joined by 19 other states, filed an application in the US Supreme Court this week to enjoin the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) pending a petition for certiorari. MATS, which requires...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday expressed "serious concern" at the recent adoption of security measures by several European countries by joint agreement . The measures were adopted at a...
A judge for the Vancouver Federal Court ruled Wednesday that medical marijuana patients have a constitutional right to grow their own cannabis, striking down a ban introduced by Canada's previous Conservative government. The case came to...
The Indiana Senate on Wednesday released a bill from committee that would ban abortions based on genetic disabilities and would also require aborted or miscarried fetuses to be cremated or interred. The Senate Health and...
The UN released a report on Thursday detailing a "litany of violations and abuses" being committed by both state and non-state actors in the current Libyan conflict that may amount to war crimes. The report , compiled...
A New Mexico federal judge on Tuesday approved an almost $1 billion settlement between the Obama administration and Native American tribes, attorneys for the tribes learned Wednesday. The tribes claimed that the US government...
The Hungary government on Wednesday announced it will hold a referendum to determine if the country will accept the EU migrant quota. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the referendum and stressed that the EU migrant quota should...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Louisiana may enforce an abortion law from 2014 which critics say will result in the closing of most of the state's abortion clinics. The law,...