Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will be lifting restrictions on Israelis building settlements in East Jerusalem. The statement said "My vision is to enact sovereignty over all the settlements." Immediately after the...
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The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Texas seeking to revive the state's voter identification requirements. The Republican-backed law had been considered one of the strictest in the nation...
Pending Russian legislation may weaken the country's protections against domestic violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. HRW is urging the Russian parliament to reject the legislation for the threat it posses...
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by public interest lawyer M.L. Sharma calling for a delay in the federal budget, dismissing concerns about the budget's effect on voters. Chief Justice J.S. Khehar...
Of the more than 14,000 asylum seekers currently confined to five Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, many are facing dire circumstances due to irregularly harsh winter conditions, according to a statement released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
South Korea's Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Cho Yoon-sun , was arrested on Saturday by Korean prosecutors after allegedly creating a blacklist of artists critical of South Korea's impeached president. Cho was arrested , along with...
Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh on Monday handed down a seven-year sentence to a Saudi citizen as well as numerous other punitive measures for a Twitter post the court deemed insulting to...
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York Monday claiming President Donald Trump's continued business dealings violate the...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a 14-page legal opinion Saturday holding that US President Donald Trump's appointment of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior adviser did not violate federal anti-nepotism laws. Particularly, some have...
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday reversed its previous 8-1 decision , choosing to review a lower court ruling in which that court held cities are required to offer the same benefits to same-sex spouses...
