Seven same-sex couples submitted a petition on Thursday asking the US Supreme Court to review the district court's decision to uphold Louisiana's same-sex marriage ban before it proceeds to the federal appeals court. The petition...
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The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Thursday the transfer of five detainees from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay . Three are being transferred to the country of Georgia, while Slovakia will accepted ...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday announced execution action on immigration that would allow 4.7 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the US. The reform allows immigrants that have been in the US for more than five...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana ruled Wednesday Montana's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In the order US...
Ugandan politicians have drawn up new anti-gay legislation with cross-bench support to be presented before parliament by the end of the year, according to Thursday media reports. The new legislation comes nearly a year after the Ugandan parliament passed...
The Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda , said in an interview published Thursday that the ICC is contemplating bringing war crimes charges against Islamic State (IS)...
Egyptian authorities on Thursday arrested a top Muslim Brotherhood member who played a key role in negotiations between the group and the Egyptian government. A security official said the arrest of Mohammed Ali Bishr was linked...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on Thursday highlighting the continued commission of human rights violations in eastern Ukraine despite the announcement of a ceasefire on September...
Advocate General Niilo Jaaskinen of the European Court of Justice issued an opinion Thursday endorsing an EU plan to cap bankers' bonuses. The UK had challenged the cap, which restricts bonuses...
The US Supreme Court refused a request to block same-sex marriages in South Carolina on Thursday, making it the thirty-fifth US state where same-sex marriage is legal. The lower court in South Carolina had...
