Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Wednesday that Pakistan's anti-terrorism laws will be amended to more effectively combat the threat of terrorism. The statements come after increased violence in the city of Karachi. Sharif...
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The Mexican Senate on Tuesday approved an education reform bill that will require periodic evaluations for teachers. The law, approved by a margin of 102-22, aims to raise the quality of...
Fiji's draft constitution does not adequately protect basic human rights , Amnesty International (AI) said Wednesday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also released a statement on Wednesday calling on Fiji to revise its draft constitution...
Romanian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Communist-era prison commander Alexander Visinescu with genocide. Visinescu, the former chief of the Ramnicu Sarat prison under Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu faces genocide charges for beating and starving political prisoners ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing Apple of maintaining a monopoly over music files purchased through its iTunes stores. The...
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia Shamsul Bari on Tuesday commended the adoption of a human rights roadmap by the Somali federal government. Formally endorsed by the Somali cabinet last week,...
Kenya's parliament debated ending the country's membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday, ahead of the impending trial of Vice President William Ruto and others. Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Joyce Laboso ordered a special...
Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem appeared in court on Monday for allegedly falsifying his 2000 tax returns. Prosecutors argue that Menem hid bank accounts worth millions of dollars, as well as various aircraft,...
An Egyptian military tribunal on Tuesday sentenced 11 supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi to life imprisonment for assaulting army troops last month during riots that took place in the Suez Canal. Forty-five other...
The trial of 92-year-old Siert Bruins , a former member of the Nazi Waffen SS , began Monday in Germany's Hagen State Court . Prosecutors accuse Bruins of executing captured Dutch...
