The Kansas legislature on Friday approved an anti-abortion bill that declares that life begins at fertilization, granting unborn children "all the rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons, citizens and...

Turkish judges on Monday delayed closing arguments in the trial of 275 individuals charged with plotting to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan . Defendants were scheduled to deliver closing statements ...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled earlier this week that groups seeking information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) can immediately appeal if their request is denied...

Italian president Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned US Air Force Colonel Joseph Romano of his conviction related to the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) abduction and extraordinary rendition of Egyptian cleric...

The Montreal Police on Friday arrested 279 protestors at an allegedly illegal demonstration aimed at protesting police tactics. The protesters were speaking out against Montreal's Municipal Bylaw P-6 , which allows the police to declare illegal any...

An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit against popular satirist Bassem Youssef , stating that the Islamist lawyer who brought the suit did not have standing. The lawyer, a member of the Muslim...

Portugal's Constitutional Court ruled that four out of nine contested austerity measures of the 2013 state budget were unconstitutional. The court's decision came in response to the request of Portugal's President Anibal...

Thousands in Bangladesh on Saturday demanded that the government introduce anti-blasphemy laws, including provisions to prosecute and hang atheist bloggers, in a rally organized by Hefazat-e-Islam, an Islamic group drawing support from thousands of seminaries and allegedly backed by...

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) issued a report on Friday calling on the government of South Sudan to protect communities that are at risk of violence. The UNMISS report detailed the...

A court in Pakistan ruled on Friday that election officials must refrain from asking irrelevant and intrusive questions of candidates for public office. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court issued the...