A court in Egypt on Tuesday overturned the convictions of embezzlement for former president Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial. Mubarak was sentenced in May to three years after being found guilty of...
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The European Parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that gives governments increased power in deciding whether to "restrict or ban the cultivation of" genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The new legislation has come "in response to Europeans'...
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. , determining the requirements of the Truth in Lending Act . The court determined that a borrower may exercise...
In his address to the Indian Council of World Affairs Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on India to be a world leader in peace, human rights and sustainable development. He urged India to...
After days of discussions, the Ugandan military decided on Tuesday to send Dominic Ongwen , a rebel leader with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , to trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...
A court in Tajikistan on Tuesday sentenced Sukhrat Kudratov, an award-winning human rights lawyer, to nine years in prison for bribery and fraud. Kudratov, who was named human rights defender of the year in 2011 by the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday denied a request to stay the executions of four death row inmates in Oklahoma until the court reaches a decision in their case. The...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Dakota ruled Monday that South Dakota's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. Judge Karen Schreier ruled in favor of six same-sex couples who challenged...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona the court heard arguments on whether the town of Gilbert's content-based ordinance...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear another challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . The court rejected an appeal by the Association of American...
