The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report Monday condemning an increase in civilian deaths in Afghanistan during the first half of 2017. Although there was an overall decrease in civilian casualties in the...
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A judge for the Superior Court of California postponed a decision Friday for injunctive relief to block Toshiba Corporation from selling its flash memory business in an attempt to relieve losses from the nuclear reactor business....
The Venezuela government's opposition opened polls Sunday over President Nicolas Maduro's call to rewrite the constitution . Many have accused Maduro's plan to be undemocratic and a way to suppress the months of anti-government protests against his...
The Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Justice issued a report on Friday criticizing the Bureau of Prison's (BOP) treatment of inmates with mental illnesses. The report singles out ...
The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman announced plans to charge former Philippines president Benigno Aquino III on Friday for the botched "anti-terror" raid that led to what is known as the Mamasapano massacre in...
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal voided the oaths of office of four opposition lawmakers on Friday and removed them from the legislature. Among the four disqualified lawmakers were 24-year-old Nathan Law, leader of the...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii expanded the exemptions permitted under the Trump administration's temporary travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries late Thursday night. Earlier this month...
Malta's Parliament approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on Wednesday, making it the fifteenth country in the EU and the twenty-fifth country in the world to do so. The bill, in making marriage "fully gender...
The US Senate introduced new proposed legislation Thursday to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill will allow insurance companies already providing policies under the ACA to offer cheaper plans with limited coverage options and...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld Wisconsin's right to work law on Wednesday. This law says that unions cannot force workers to "ecome or remain a member...
