The lawyer for a suspect in a 2015 bombing in Bangkok on Monday retracted his client's earlier confession a day before a scheduled military court appearance to formally hear the charges against him. The suspect, Bilal Mohammed, maintains he...
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The highest appeals court in Egypt on Sunday overturned the 15-year prison sentence levied against a police officer for the killing of a female protester in January 2015. The officer, Yaseen Mohamed Hatem, will face a new trial for...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Monday stating hundreds of women who were victims of rape during the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence are still suffering from long-term trauma, poverty, and social exclusion, and the Kenyan government...
Serbian lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that will allow restitution of heirless and unclaimed Jewish property taken during the Holocaust. The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) , which aggressively campaigned for the bill to be passed, said...
The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation that will place a permanent ban on states taxing Internet access. The Senate, by a vote of 75-20, passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday urged African nations to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Speaking during a televised presidential debate, Museveni accused the court of working against Africa and said the court...
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Sunday reported that civilian casualties in Afghanistan had reached a record high 11,000 in 2015. The report states that the civilian casualty rate has risen in...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday at the age 79. Friends reported that he died in his sleep during a trip to Texas. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the following statement:On behalf...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , Melissa Fleming, expressed concern over the growing number of migrants arriving in Europe and urged all EU member states to implement measures agreed...
The US Senate on Thursday voted in favor of a wide-ranging House bill aiming to strengthen US trade, sending the bill to President Barack Obama to be signed. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015...
