A draft bill proposed by the Maltese government that aims to regulate online news could inhibit freedom of speech, argued protesters Sunday. At the protest, which was organized by the opposition party, opposition...
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Australia's offshore detention of asylum seekers constitutes a human rights violation, according to a petition filed Monday in the International Criminal Court (ICC) by a coalition of legal experts. The 108-page document, submitted to the...
The Islamabad High Court ruled Monday that all public celebrations of Valentine's day are prohibited with "immediate effect." The prohibition will affect government offices, private businesses and media sources. Print and electronic media have been...
Deutsche See, an environmentally conscious fish distributor, became Volkswagen's first major German customer to sue VW over misrepresenting their vehicles as being environmentally friendly. Deutsche See's complaint alleged "malicious deception" and was filed at the...
A Hungarian court in Gyor ordered a retria on Monday over the 2010 toxic red sludge spill that killed ten people in one of the country's worst environmental disasters. Judge Csilla Zolyomi said that there had...
The number of data breaches and files stolen worldwide reached a record high in 2016, according to cyber security firm Risk Based Security Monday. Inga Goddijn , Risk Based Security's vice president, stated that...
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at reducing the number of federal regulations. The executive order requires two regulations to be eliminated for every new one created and caps the costs...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Texas seeking to revive the state's voter identification requirements. The Republican-backed law had been considered one of the strictest in the nation...
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition filed by public interest lawyer M.L. Sharma calling for a delay in the federal budget, dismissing concerns about the budget's effect on voters. Chief Justice J.S. Khehar...
The US Secret Service agreed to a $24 million settlement with 10 black agents who accused the agency of racial discrimination in a 2000 federal lawsuit. The agents accused the Secret Service of discriminatory practices...
