In a 98-2 vote , the US Senate on Thursday passed H.R. 3364 , a bill that imposes new sanctions on Russia. This development comes two days after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly...
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned from office on Friday after the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a unanimous ruling , earlier the same day, disqualifying him from office. Sharif was before...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusett on Monday held that a woman who was fired from her job for testing positive for medically prescribed marijuana could sue her former employer for handicap discrimination. The employee in...
The Russian Supreme Court on Monday upheld its ruling ordering the disbanding of the Jehovah's Witnesses. In denying an appeal by the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Supreme Court affirmed that their previous ruling will remain...
Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday scheduled the execution of Mark Asay which will be the state's first execution in nearly two years. The execution of death row inmates in Florida had been halted after their sentencing procedure...
The Peru Congress on Monday unanimously voted to remove the Comptroller, Edgar Alarcon, from office. The vote to remove Alarcon was initiated over accusations that he gave public funds to the mother of his...
The Austria Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the government seizure of the apartment complex where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born is constitutional. The Court elaborated [press release, PDF;...
The Supreme Court of Texas held on Friday that the Houston's benefits policy need not extend to same-sex couples. In so holding, the Court concluded that: "The Supreme Court held in Obergefell that the Constitution...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday rejected calls to cease Turkish military presence and close its military base in Qatar. He viewed these demand as disrespectful to Turkey. Additionally, President Erdogan claimed that the list of 13...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that naturalized citizens may not be stripped of their citizenship status based on false statements that were immaterial to becoming a citizen. The court held that in order to...