The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) , a federal agency entrusted with consumer protection in the financial sector, announced on Thursday a $100 million fine against banking giant Wells Fargo for widespread illegal sales practices....
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Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting and investigation into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth after the deaths of two...
South Sudan consented to the addition of another 4,000 UN peacekeeping troops to the existing force of 14,000 soldiers, under intense pressure from the UN, US and the rest of the international community. The announcement was...
The Puducherry (former Pondicherry) Legislative Assembly ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament of India earlier this month amid a walkout staged by the primary...
Ethiopia's opposition leader and leader of the Oromo ethnic group, Tiruneh Gamta, demanded on Saturday the release of all political prisoners "regardless of any political stand or religion or creed." The Oromo ethnic group, representing the largest group among the...
France's anti-terror prosecutor, Francois Molins, announced his decision Friday to hand down harsher criminal charges, with sentences up to 30 years, for returning French jihadists from Iraq, Syria, and other areas where the Islamic State...
A court in Nice, France, on Thursday struck down the ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits in the city of Nice after the city authorities continued with the ban, defying last week's ruling by France's highest administrative court. The...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed , on Friday urged Iran to halt the execution of Alireza Madadpour and 11 other individuals convicted on drug related offenses. All 12...
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ruled on Friday that the University of North Carolina (UNC) must allow transgender students to choose and use restrooms matching their gender...
The UN High Commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein , on Thursday called on the international community to establish an independent international body for conducting comprehensive investigations of human rights violations in Yemen. This call...
