Egypt's cabinet and the Ministry of Investment approved an investment law Wednesday aimed at protecting business deals from legal disputes or political changes and addressing investor complaints about bureaucracy. The new law unifies the...
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With the European Games approaching in Baku, Azerbaijan, this June, human rights groups on Wednesday urged the host nation to release political prisoners held on "trumped up" charges. The European Games are seen as an attempt to soften...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments for King v. Burwell . The court is asked to rule on whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may adopt regulations to extend tax-credit...
Serbian war crimes prosecutors said Tuesday that five people have been charged with committing a wartime massacre during the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, with 10 more still under investigation in Bosnia. The massacre occurred in...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Alabama Department of Revenue v. CSX Transporation, Inc. that Alabama should be able to justify its decision to assess on railroads a fuel tax that it does...
The Slovenian Parliament passed legislation granting same-sex marriage and adoption rights Tuesday amid public opposition from conservative and religious groups. Although thousands of people from conservative groups and the Catholic Church rallied to oppose the lawmakers' action,...
The General Court of the European Union on Wednesday annulled a portion of the European Central Bank's (ECB) Eurosystem Oversight Policy Framework requiring financial institutions clearing trades in euros to be located...
A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the deportation of former leftist Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti , annulling a work visa granted by the Brazilian government in 2011. Battisti, a former member of the Armed...
An Egyptian court on Wednesday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for two police officers who were convicted for torturing activist Khaled Said to death in 2010. Eye witnesses provided evidence that the officers beat the 28-year-old outside of a...
The French Court of Cassation on Wednesday approved the extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov , Kazakhstan's former energy minister accused of misappropriating USD $6 billion from BTA Bank . The court...
