Vote Leave , an advocacy group spearheading the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, was fined £61,000 and referred to authorities by the country’s Electoral Commission on Tuesday for breaking electoral laws during the 2016 referendum. In an official statement , the Commission stated that it had obtained evidence that Vote Leave exceeded its legal spending limit of  £7 [...]

The Highest Court in India on Wednesday asked the government to pass a law to control the outbreak of mob violence and increase of lynchings in the past year. There has been growing unrest in India between the different religious groups. There have been more than 25 mob-related incidents of violence and lynchings in 2018 [...]

Iran filed a lawsuit against the US in the International Court of Justice Tuesday, alleging that the US is violating a 1955 treaty. This lawsuit follows the US’ decision in May to remove itself from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran. Iran is alleging that in taking such action, the US is [...]

The European Commission  fined Google €4.34 billion (USD $5.1 billion) on Wednesday for violating EU antitrust regulations. In a press release , the Commission alleged that Google illegally required smartphone manufacturers to pre-install the Google search engine and Google Chrome as a requirement to license Google’s app store, Google Play, as well as illegally paid smartphone manufacturers to [...]

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, and Nawaz’s husband, appealed to the Islamabad High Court  on Monday, challenging their convictions handed down by a Pakistani anticorruption court earlier this month. Sharif, Nawaz and her husband were arrested on Friday upon arriving in Pakistan to face their sentences. Sharif was sentenced  to [...]

The EU and Japan signed a trade deal known as the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Tuesday that eliminates almost all tariffs on products traded between them. The agreement was finalized in December and agreed upon at the EU-Japan summit held in Tokyo this week. According to an EU statement the EPA, which the EU [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, said Monday that countries that return migrants to their countries of origin are disregarding human rights considerations. In his report , the Special Rapporteur called for safer passage for returning immigrants, ensuring such returns are voluntary for immigrants, better reintegration programs for immigrants who have returned [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed a criminal complaint and an affidavit on Monday against Russian national Mariia Butina for conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without notification to the Attorney General and influencing American politics. Butina is accused of working on behalf of the Russian Federation and attempting to [...]

The Egyptian Parliament on Monday approved a law that would protect high ranking and senior military officers from prosecution. This law is in response to the 2013 violent overthrow of former president Mohammed Morsi. With the new legislation, current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will have the power to grant immunity to those officers involved in the coup. [...]

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan have reached a new high at the mid-year point, according to a report from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Monday. Although there was a slight decrease in casualties (deaths and injuries) overall, there have been more fatalities than in previous years, with nearly 1,700 killed so far in 2018. [...]