The city of Detroit on Tuesday asked Judge Steven Rhodes to approve a plan where the city will borrow $350 million in order to pay down interest rates and improve city services. The loan was approved by...
Colorado voters on Tuesday approved Proposition AA , which levies a tax on all sales of recreational marijuana in the state. The tax will consist of a 15 percent excise tax that will go to fund public school...
On Thursday Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern over the state of human rights defenders in Malaysia. AI argued that the arrest of 19 peaceful protestors shows that the current state of human rights in Malaysia is...
On Friday, Judge Timothy Black of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled that a lawsuit seeking the recognition of same-sex marriages on Ohio death certificates could continue. The ruling was...
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday condemned the recent attack on civilians in south-eastern Afghan province of Ghazni that killed 19 individuals. The attack used an improvised explosive device (IED)...
US Ambassador to Spain, James Costos, was summoned by the Spanish Foreign Ministry Monday to discuss recent reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on more than 60 million phone calls...
An Egyptian court on Saturday threw out charges against former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei . ElBaradei, who served as vice president in the government set up by the military, stepped down in protest of the violence directed...
The lawyer for five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged with plotting the September 11 attacks has asked President Barack Obama to declassify the CIA interrogation program that allegedly subjected prisoners to torture. The letter ,...
In an open letter to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Kenya's UN Ambassador Macharia Kamau requested that the International Criminal Court (ICC) defer the trials against Kenyan officials . Kamau emphasized the country's...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Wednesday recommended a rule surrounding the obligations states owe to women during and after conflict. The recommendation...