The Illinois Supreme Court concluded on Thursday that placing a redistricting proposal on the ballot this fall would be unconstitutional. The proposal would have transferred legislative mapmaking power to an independent commission and had the backing of...

An Argentine federal court concluded a human rights trial on Thursday against military officers during the dictatorship era. The court in Córdoba, Argentina, acquitted five defendants and sentenced 28 to life and 10 to between...

The Brazilian Senate began the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday. The suspended president is scheduled to testify on Monday and has been reported to be increasingly isolated. Brazilian Vice President Michel...

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People's Army reached a peace agreement on Wednesday. The agreement in Havana, Cuba ends an over 50 year conflict between the FARC...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against Georgia on Tuesday alleging that the state discriminates against students with behavior-related disabilities. The DOJ argues that the state's Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support Program (GNETS) violates the Americans...

Several state and religiously affiliated organizations filed suit in federal court Tuesday regarding the Affordable Care Act's rule banning discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity. The plaintiffs include the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the...

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto plagiarized the thesis for his law degree according to a report released on Sunday. A group of academics and experts found that of the 682...

Libya's House of Representatives gave the country's Government of National Accord (GNA) a vote of no confidence on Monday. The Tripoli and western-based GNA is supported by Western powers and the UN, but the eastern-based House of Representatives voted against...

The UN Security Council expressed regret on Friday regarding postponed elections in Somalia. The council called on all parties to implement the 2016 electoral calendar without delay. The parliamentary elections, planned to take place...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution on Friday for murder accomplice Jeffrey Lee Wood. Wood and Daniel Reneau attempted to rob a gas station in 1996. Wood waited in...