The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would increase compensation for injured workers and victims' families that have filed claims against BP as a result of the recent Deepwater Horizon...
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Ugandan police announced Friday that a former Rwandan pastor accused of committing genocide and crimes against humanity relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide was taken into custody Wednesday. Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi , indicted...
Joseph Nzirorera , former president of the Rwanda National Assembly and secretary general of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND), died Thursday following complications from a long illness. Nzirorera was arrested by the...
The US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted 25-20 Thursday to lift travel and trade restrictions to Cuba. The Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act , which would eliminate travel bans...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday reiterated the need for comprehensive immigration reform and called on members of Congress to work in a bipartisan fashion to pass immigration legislation. Obama noted the role of immigrants throughout...
The American Bar Association (ABA) on Wednesday filed an amicus curiae brief urging the federal district court in Arizona to block the enforcement of the state's controversial immigration law . The brief was...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the US government challenging the status of 10 US citizens and legal residents on the government's "No Fly List." Due to...
Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and a spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday reaffirmed their cooperation in the prosecution of crimes relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...
The UK Iraq Inquiry released declassified documents on Wednesday showing that former prime minister Tony Blair was warned by former attorney general Peter Goldsmith that the Iraq invasion was...
A British MP on Thursday introduced legislation in the House of Commons that would ban the wearing of burqas or other face coverings in public. The Face Coverings (Regulation) Bill was introduced by...
