The US Senate voted Tuesday to reject an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 that would have struck a provision authorizing the president to use "all necessary and...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Facebook settled on Tuesday regarding Facebook's practices relating to user privacy. The FTC filed a complaint against Facebook alleging that privacy settings on the site failed to apply...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) took former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo into custody on Wednesday for his upcoming initial appearance before the court. He was surrendered to the ICC by the...
The Queensland Parliament passed legislation on Wednesday to legally recognize civil unions between same-sex couples. Queensland has joined its fellow Australian states of Tasmania, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) ...
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday announced that the country has made the payment required to help fund the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , which has been tasked with investigating the assassination...
A judge for the New York Supreme Court for Livingston County has ruled that a constitutional challenge to the state law legalizing same-sex marriage may proceed. Judge Robert Wiggins refused to dismiss the lawsuit [JURIST...
A Chilean judge on Tuesday issued an indictment against former US Navy Captain Ray Davis, which included a request that he be extradited to Chile. The indictment charges Davis with the homicides of journalist Charles Horman and...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Hall v. US , the justices heard arguments on a conflict between tax law and bankruptcy procedures, regarding...
Nobel peace laureate Tawakkul Karman on Monday uged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct an investigation into the violent crackdown on dissent and alleged human rights violations by the country's former president,...
The Nigerian Senate passed a bill Tuesday that makes it illegal for same-sex couples to marry or for an individual to aid in the marriage of same-sex couples. The bill explicitly states that marriages entered...
