The House of Representatives and the Senate reached an agreement on Saturday to impose a new sanctions bill on Russia that would give Congress a new veto power in any presidential attempt to roll back the sanctions. The development...
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The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released a report on Friday welcoming a program, almost five years in the works, to register undocumented Afghans living in Pakistan. UNHCR estimates that between 600,000...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill into law on Friday directing New Jersey school boards to "addres common issues concerning the needs of transgender and LGBTQ students, and to assist schools in establishing policies...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement through his spokesman on Friday condemning the escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians in the Old City of Jerusalem. Ongoing clashes between the two groups have left three...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued an order Friday holding the state of Kentucky responsible for attorneys' fees related to litigation involving a county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to...
Abortion rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday that seeks an injunction against against a Texas law that bans a common method of second-trimester abortions. The complaint was filed in response to Senate Bill 8 , which was...
Amnesty International (AI) accused Cameroon of torturing suspected supporters of Boko Haram in a report released Thursday. According to the human rights organization, hundreds of suspects were "subjected to severe beatings, agonizing stress positions and...
Thailand's Supreme Court sentenced opposition leader Jatuporn Prompan to one year in prison for defaming Thailand's current prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . Jatuporn, a leader of the "red shirt" opposition party, which supports two of Thailand's...
The Polish Parliament approved a bill on Thursday that will implement sweeping reforms to the country's judicial system. Most notably, the bill will allow members of parliament to appoint Supreme Court judges, a move that the EU,...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) together with the FBI have seized and shut down AlphaBay, a criminal marketplace on the "dark web" on Thursday. The site, which has reportedly been operating on the...
