The Supreme Court of Canada upheld an order on Wednesday that directed Google to block a company's website from is global search results. The ruling stems from a suit brought by a...
Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot filed charges Monday against President Michel Temer for passive corruption. A former aide to the president was also charged. Temer is accused of taking a bribe from entrepreneur Joesley Batista [WSJ...
The European Commission fined Google and its parent company, Alphabet, € 2.42 billion Tuesday for violating EU antitrust restrictions. The decision focused on Google's comparative shopping service, which premiered as "Froogle" in 2004, and is known...
US District Judge Mark Goldsmith issued a nationwide temporary stay on Monday to protect 1,444 Iraqi immigrants from deportation, extending an order issued last Thursday that applied only to immigrants in the Detroit metro area. Goldsmith's order on Thursday...
Human Rights Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was released on medical parole as he was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, Liu's lawyer and prison officials [press release, in...
Cambodia's former head of state on Friday rejected charges of crimes against humanity in his UN-assisted tribunal. The 85-year-old Khieu Samphan, who was head of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, said the allegations were concocted by...
The lower house of the German Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to compensate thousands of individuals who had been persecuted and imprisoned for their sexuality. The law under which the individuals had been convicted...
Amnesty International UK (AI) on Friday called for improved police training and a review of the legal framework as they relate to hate crimes in the UK. In a news briefing tilted "Against Hate: Tackling hate...
Thailand's parliament unanimously approved national strategy legislation on Thursday which will provide the military with political influence for at least 20 years. The National Strategy Act will create a committee , led by coup leader Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of backing "Yemeni forces that have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, tortured, and abused dozens of people during security operations." According to HRW, the UAE...