The City of Chicago announced in a press conference on Friday that they would file a federal lawsuit against US Steel alleging that the company had violated the Clean Water Act and accusing the company of...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit on Monday against AT&T, DirecTV, and Time Warner on Monday seeking to prevent the companies' proposed $108 billion merger. The DOJ alleges that the companies' merger would violate...

Speaking in a cabinet meeting on Monday US President Donald Trump announced that the US is re-designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism nine years after it was removed from the list. Trump stated, "Today the United...

The Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday upheld last month's re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta . All six judges unanimously dismissed the two petitions as lacking merit. The National Super Alliance (NASA) stated...

The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) on Sunday demanded the resignation of 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . The document threatened that the ZANU PF, which has kept Mugabe in power for decades,...

Nebraska regulators voted on Monday to approve a route for TransCanada's Keystone XL oil pipeline, lifting the final regulatory barrier for the long-delayed project. The Nebraska Public Service Commission , an elected panel that rules on the...

Sweden's Supreme Court ruled it is illegal to grow cannabis to self-medicate. Anders Thörn broke his neck in a motorcycle accident in 1994 and was paralyzed from the waist down. Medical treatment...

Turkish officials banned all events by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) non-governmental groups on Saturday in Ankara, the country's capital, asserting that the measure will ensure peace and security, personal immunity, safety and security...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Monday for the nations at the UN disarmament meeting later this week to strengthen international law surrounding incendiary weapons in response to the use of such weapons by the...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Amnesty International (AI) on Friday released a report detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. The chief judge of the...