UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that he could not rule out that genocide is occurring in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority. During statements to a special session of...
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Austria's Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 2009 law that allowed same-sex couples to enter registered partnerships but not to get married was unconstitutional. The court ruled that the 2009 law violated...
Former national security advisor to Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty Friday to charges of making false statements to the FBI. The charges , brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller , are related to two...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced that it has initiated an independent expert review on internal operations after the death of Slobodan Praljak, who consumed poison in the courtroom on...
Bosnian Croat war crimes defendant Slobodan Praljak died Wednesday after drinking what he said was poison after judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) affirmed [judgment summary, PDF, Volume I Part 1,...
Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the crime of indecent assault does not require a sexual intention. The case came before the supreme court after a man denied having sexual intent...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) petition seeking to put a hold on a district court's order requiring the DHS to...
US Senate Committee on Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch on Tuesday released changes to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The proposed tax structure still follows a seven tier tax bracket with tax rates of 10%, 12%, 22%,...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday announced the results of a national postal survey on Australia's marriage law in which voters voted that Australia's marriage law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it has begun distributing compensation to victims of Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC's (BLMIS) Ponzi scheme. The first set of distributions involve $722.5 million that will...
