South Korea's special prosecutor indicted former culture minister Cho Yoon-sun and former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon Tuesday for their roles in creating a blacklist of opposition artists. They are charged with coercion, abuse...
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered Tuesday to face trial over alleged illegal campaign financing during his 2012 run for re-election. France places a limit of €22.5 million for campaign spending. Investigators suspect [L'Express report, in...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected on Thursday requests to intervene and defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . Sixteen states, two lawmakers and several nonprofit consumer groups...
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump's immigration executive order , which dictates that officials cannot bar valid immigrant...
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...
The Egyptian government prohibited a prominent human rights lawyer from leaving the country on Thursday. Negad Borai, the lawyer who runs the United Group for Law intended to visit family in Jordan when airport authorities prevented [AP...
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello signed into law on Thursday a heavily-debated labor reform bill . The bill, known as the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act, was enacted to stimulate the economy and create employment,...
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions Idriss Jazairy on Thursday praised US President Barack Obama's recent decision to lift all US sanctions on Sudan. He noted that he decision acknowledges the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday upheld the conviction of former Massey Energy co-CEO Donald Blankenship for conspiracy for his role in a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion...
