UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres said while visiting Beijing on Monday that he wants UN peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights. Guterres stressed the need "to make sure that there is an effective combination...
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A group of German lawyers on Monday announced the filing of charges against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, alleging that he committed war crimes in Aleppo. As Germany has the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows countries to sue foreigners...
The US Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to comment on New Mexico's lawsuit against Colorado over the Gold King Mine waste spill , which released 3 million gallons of contaminated water....
The German Federal Court of Justice has upheld the conviction of former Nazi SS Officer Oskar Groening, for his role in the deaths of over 300,000 people during...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in the case of Allen Stanford, a former financier convicted in 2012 of defrauding investors. Last October the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official...
The Balochistan High Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . Musharraf is accused of involvement with the murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti [Al Jazeera...
Brazilian President Michel Temer said Sunday that he will block a controversial bill that would grant amnesty to politicians who received illegal campaign donations. Temer, along with Speaker of the Lower House...
The Parliament of Iraq on Saturday voted to give militias fighting Islamic State" (IS) militant group legal status in the country. The 208 votes allow Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd Al-Sha'abi) to fight the militant group throughout...
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a referendum to phase out the nation's nuclear power program. The referendum failed with 54.2 % of voters agreeing to keep nuclear power programs with only 45.8...
A lawyer for Hillary Clinton on Saturday announced that the Clinton campaign is joining Green Party candidate Jill Stein's recount in Wisconsin, and the campaign promised it will look into allegations of voter fraud. General counsel Marc...
