A judge for the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday ordered the release of Turkish judge Aydin Sefa Akay who was detained in July. The order stresses that the Turkish government should release Akay and...
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In a statement Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "concerned the decisions that around the world have been undermining the integrity of the international refugee protection regime." While he acknowledged that "ountries have the right, even the...
Pakistani authorities on Monday placed militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest for his connection to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa . Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the...
US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to continue to enforce the executive order instated by Barack Obama that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people working in federal institutions and contracts. A...
Mitzie Perez and the California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank refused to extend Perez and other similarly situated students loans solely because...
More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the US, claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to respond to damage claims arising from the Flint water...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Tuesday said that the UK must take steps to control exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals for all citizens but particularly...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld an order that refugee students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be allowed to attend the public high school, even with limited English skills. The students had...
US and UK regulators fined Deutsche Bank a combined $630 million in connection with a Russian money laundering scheme. Clients illegally moved over $10 billion from Russia via shares that were bought and...
Austria's ruling coalition announced Monday a plan to ban full-face coverings in public places, with a focus on Islamic veils. The proposal is part of a set of reforms created [BBC...
