Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Iraqi military commanders to prevent historically abusive militias from participating in the campaign to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS). Last March the Iraqi army began...
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Brazilian authorities on Saturday arrested a man charged with committing war crimes in 1992 against the civilian population of former Yugoslavia. The search for wanted criminal Nikola Ceranic began in late June after Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...
US President Barack Obama signed Senate Bill No. 764 into law on Friday, which requires labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products under a single national standard. The law requires the Department of Agriculture...
A county judge ruled Friday that Kansas must count thousands of votes from people who registered without providing citizenship documents. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach had imposed a rule that directed local election officials...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Friday struck down several Wisconsin election laws, passed in recent years, stating that "parts of Wisconsin's election regime fail to comply with...
A Brazilian judge announced Friday that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will stand trial for obstruction of justice. Federal court judge Ricardo Leite in Brasília concluded that there is sufficient evidence to charge the former president...
In a brief filed on Friday, Apple asked the Supreme Court to rule against Samsung in its patent infringement lawsuit. Apple contended in its brief that Samsung has been unable to provide...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday struck down several provisions of North Carolina's House Bill 589 (HB 589) , most notably its voter identification requirements....
Three former Irish bankers were sentenced to prison on Friday for conspiring to defraud customers and investors during the 2008 banking crisis. In what was Ireland's longest criminal trial ever (74 days), former CEO of Irish Life and Permanent...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Friday refused to dismiss bribery and fraud charges levied against US Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey. Menendez, who is believed to have accepted gifts...
