Israeli military officials closed an internal investigation Monday into allegations of war crimes committed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) personnel against Palestinian civilians, concluding that there was no wrongdoing . The investigation was launched last week...
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Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has called on the League of Arab States to urge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to allow expelled foreign aid agencies back...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Travelers Indemnity v. Bailey , where the Court will consider whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction...
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear oral arguments in the case of South Carolina v. North Carolina to decide whether additional parties may intervene in a lawsuit between two...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began the substantive portion of the first trial of a former Khmer Rogue leader Monday when Kaing Guek Eav was brought...
Greek authorities are not doing enough to ensure that the nation's police respect human rights, according to a Monday briefing from Amnesty International (AI) urging the government to investigate and address "long-standing problems...
A US Army sergeant was convicted Monday and sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007. Sgt. First Class Joseph Mayo, formerly of the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry [official...
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan decided Sunday to allow President Hamid Karzai to remain in office until this August's general election . Under the Afghanistan Constitution , Karzai's term in...
Thousands protested the proposed liberalization of Spain's abortion laws in Madrid on Sunday. The changes, proposed earlier this month , include allowing abortions up to week 14 of pregnancy for any reason and lowering the age required for...
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of a $50 million lawsuit against the US for the 1998 executive order authorizing a missile strike against a Sudan pharmaceutical...
