The Parliament of Iraq on Tuesday unanimously approved Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi's reform plan to cut spending and eliminate many top political positions. The reform plan came after citizen protests against corruption and...
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Scotland banned the growing of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in an effort to preserve its "clean, green status" announced Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead on Sunday. The government seeks to use the recent European Union...
A former general in China's People's Liberation Army, Gu Junshan, on Monday was sentenced by a Chinese military court to death with a two year reprieve for corruption charges. Gu is one of the first to face trial [Xinhua...
A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Friday that New York City's regulation of the banking industry through the Responsible Banking Act is...
The US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee , on Monday, lifted a temporary restraining order which limited the state in enforcing new abortion laws regarding licensing standards for clinics. The new laws require all abortion...
Despite widespread irregularity and violence, Haiti on Sunday held its first parliamentary election in four years. Haiti's parliament dissolved in January following canceled elections in 2011 and 2014. Around 50 of 1,500 voting centers were...
Germany's acting top federal prosecutor on Monday dropped a much-criticized treason investigation into two prominent journalists working for Netzpolitik.org . In July, Netzpolitik, a blog on digital rights issues, announced that two of its journalists, Andre...
A UK court on Monday dismissed a Spanish extradition request for Rwanda National Intelligence and Security Services head Karenzi Karake. Karake had been detained since his June arrest at a London airport, and the court ordered ...
Iraq's cabinet on Sunday approved a proposal by Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi to reduce the number of top political positions, decrease spending, and restart a corruption investigation program. A vice presidential position currently held by former...
The Chicago Police Department has decided to allow independent evaluations of their stop-and-frisk procedures that many have said specifically target African Americans under an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) . The...
