The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld cuts to early voting in Ohio as well as the elimination of the so-called "Golden Week" in which voters could register and cast their...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened the trial of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi Monday for the destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu. Al Mahdi admitted guilt Monday, apologizing for his...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Sunday temporarily blocked federal guidelines that allowed transgender students to use the bathroom according to the gender with which they identify. Judge...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of 15 Guantanamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Twelve of the detainees were from Yemen, and the other three were from Afghanistan. Six...

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced three leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy protests who were convicted on charges related to their occupation of a government building. Joshua Wong and Alex Chow, prominent leaders of the Umbrella Revolution ,...

A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday expressed concern over Bahrain's persecution of the Shia population. The experts said, "he intensified wave of arrests, detentions, summons, interrogations and criminal charges brought against numerous Shia religious...

The Belize Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law banning sodomy, declaring it unconstitutional. Section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code banned "carnal intercourse against the order of nature." The law was challenged in 2010 by Caleb...

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in 10 pending cases, allowing her to go free. Zia, the head of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) , is facing charges...

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday sentenced a former member of parliament to death and seven others to life in prison for crimes committed during the 1971 war for independence. Sakhawat Hossain, a former...

The Delaware Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's death penalty statute is unconstitutional. Citing a January US Supreme Court decision that found that Florida's death penalty scheme violated the Sixth Amendment , the...