The Commonwealth of Virginia on Monday filed a notice of appeal of a recent ruling overturning the state's constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage, to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit . The amendment...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a measure into law Monday expanding the reasons for which non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can be subject to unscheduled audits, or "snap inspections." These reasons include ...
Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat on Monday referred 504 members of the Muslim Brotherhood for a mass trial. The members are accused of a variety of crimes stemming from...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the recent escalating violence in Thailand and called for a cessation of violence, asking the government to bring all responsible parties to justice. Additionally, the...
A Russian court on Monday sentenced seven anti-Putin protesters to up to four years in prison for rioting and inciting violence against police at a 2012 protest. The protesters were arrested the night before Vladimir Putin's inauguration...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the federal government's power to regulate certain greenhouse gases. In United Air Regulatory Group v. EPA , which was consolidated with six other cases,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear rule on three new petitions that address the scope of the Second Amendment of the Constitution. The Supreme Court denied the petitions ,...
Ukraine's acting interior minister Arsen Avakhov on Monday said on his official Facebook page that an arrest warrant has been issued for the country's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovich , for the mass killings of...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday ruled that same-sex couples in Cook County may be issued marriage licenses immediately rather than having to wait for the effective date...
Turkey's parliament on Saturday passed a law granting itself greater control with respect to the judicial appointment process. Amid protests over suspected government corruption and violence inside parliament the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) [party...
