UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement on Sunday condemning the suicide bombers who targeted Pakistani Christians celebrating the Easter holiday in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. The Secretary-General urged the Pakistani government to work towards ensuring safety for all,...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. In CRST Van Expedited v. EEOC the court heard arguments regarding whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [official...
Police in east China's Shandong Province arrested 37 individuals on Tuesday who are suspected of participation in a national medical drug ring. A mother/daughter duo are suspected of buying and selling more than USD $88 million worth of...
A national gun rights group has filed a lawsuit challenging Montana's campaign finance law as a violation of free speech. The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) , a Virginia-based organization that wishes to send mailings to...
The length of time a person is forcibly disappeared is irrelevant when considering the criminality of the act, UN rights experts concluded Monday. The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) examined the case of Argentinian prisoner...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado, challenging its marijuana laws. The lawsuit , filed directly in the Supreme Court , claimed...
Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) issued a decision Wednesday rescinding the summons for Serbian national Vojislav Seselj to appear in court on March 31 for a...
The US Senate unanimously passed an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Tuesday. The bill was introduced by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) early in 2015 and passed through the...
A spokesperson for the Venice Commission, an advisory body within the Council of Europe , said Monday that the organization will investigate a new police surveillance law that was passed in Poland last December. The controversial law, passed by...
A Syrian has been arrested in Sweden on war crimes charges, according to the Swedish prosecutor's office Monday. The unnamed individual was arrested for suspected crimes against international law in Idlib, Syria, in 2012. Abdullah allegedly took part...
