A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks testified on Friday that he has been subject to torment and mistreatment by prison guards. Ramzi bin al Shibh, from Yemen, is facing the death penalty with four other...
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The Supreme Court of California on Friday ruled that Governor Jerry Brown can put his plan to ease prison over-crowding on the ballot this November, reversing a lower court's previous ruling. A court in Sacramento decided...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday that the UK will hold a referendum on June 23 to vote on whether the nation will remain a part of the European Union (EU) . EU and UK...
The Georgia State Senate passed an amended version of a religious freedom bill, HB 757 , which some critics believe may be used to discriminate against same-sex couples. The bill gives religious leaders the right to...
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , Melissa Fleming, expressed concern over the growing number of migrants arriving in Europe and urged all EU member states to implement measures agreed...
The West Virginia Legislature passed the WV Workplace Freedom Act on Friday, overruling a veto by the Democratic Governor Earl Ray Tomblin the day before. West Virginia is now the twenty-sixth state ...
Turkey must ensure that fewer refugees enter Greece by the time EU leaders meet later this month, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said Saturday. Hahn stated that a reduction was expected when Turkey agreed to an action plan two...
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Aristide Nononsi, on Friday called for an end to conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid which may have...
Mass graves in Iraq are being disturbed , which could lead to destroyed evidence in proving possible genocide committed against the Yazidi, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Saturday. Dozens of Yazidi people...
The Prosecutor's Office of Sao Paulo has subpoenaed former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as they investigate a possible money laundering scheme linked to the Petrobras scandal. Prosecutors in the Petrobras investigation allege that...
