A spokesperson for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Lambert Mende, announced Wednesday that President Joseph Kabila signed parliament-approved legislation to keep elections on a timeline that will not violate the Constitution . Beginning in...
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Judge Dolly Gee of the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday upheld her July decision and ordered the government to release immigrant children held in family detention centers,...
Brazil's attorney general on Thursday charged two top political figures with corruption. Eduardo Cunha, current speaker of the lower house of congress, is charged with accepting five million dollars in bribes, corruption and money laundering. The charges brought against...
Last week the US Department of Justice challenged the constitutionality of a Boise, Idaho city ordinance that criminalizes sleeping in public places by the homeless. The federal government's argument relies on the...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday announced that a former software executive at SAP SE (SAP) , Vincente E. Garcia, agreed to settle charges filed against him for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
A United Nations expert on Friday exposed the worsening situation in ISIL controlled territory where an estimated eight million people are currently living in fear. According to Ben Emmerson , the UN Special Rapporteur...
Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month, entered a 'temporary' not guilty plea Friday. Roof has been indicted on 33 charges including federal...
US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Kenya and other African countries to provide for the equal treatment of gay and lesbian people at a press conference with the president of Kenya, Uhuru . The...
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected to a third term on Friday, leading to public protest and international criticism. Although the election resulted in Nkurunziza receiving 69 percent of the vote, the Constitution of...
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued an indictment Thursday against real estate lawyer Herbert Sudfeld for alleged insider trading. The charges include securities fraud, three counts of making a false statement...
