A UN panel reported Tuesday that the US, UK and French governments may be complicit in war crimes for their assistance to the Saudi-led coalition that is attacking and starving civilians in Yemen as a military tactic. The panel’s report, drawn from interviews with more than 600 victims and witnesses involved with the half-decade long [...]

A group of British members of Parliament proposed a bill Monday to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson from exiting the EU without a negotiated deal that they plan on bringing for a vote on Tuesday. The text of the bill, titled the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill of 2019, was released on Twitter by [...]

In the first week of August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed, and the President signed legislation to remove Articles 370 and 35A of the India Constitution. Article 370 preserves the autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), a princely state that has been forcibly divided up between India and Pakistan. Article 35A empowers the J&K State [...]

Overview Republic Act No. 11293, or the Philippine Innovation Act, was signed into law by the Philippine President on April 17, 2019.  However, the Act was released to the public only on July 16, 2019. The Philippine Innovation Act aims to promote a culture of strategic planning and innovation in the country through improving innovation [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld an assault weapons ban in Cook County, Illinois. The court noted that it had upheld a similar ordinance in 2015 in the case of Friedman v. City of Highland Park. In this case the appellants argued that the district court should have given [...]

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Wednesday signed a notice that seeks to reduce pollutant regulations for methane. The EPA suggests that methane should not have been subject to separate, redundant regulations, and that removing methane-specific regulations imposed in 2016 will “not affect the amount of methane emission” while other volatile organic [...]

US Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Thursday that former FBI Director James Comey mishandled records of meetings he had with the Trump administration. Seven memoranda that span January 6, 2017, through June 6, 2017, were subject to the investigation. The memos were all generated by Comey, who used the FBI’s computer [...]

The 2nd Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly(SPA) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) decided on amendments and supplements to the nation’s Socialist Constitution on Thursday to solidify the power of leader, Kim Jong Un. Chapter 6 of the constitution titled “State Machinery” was modified. Prior to the amendment, the president of [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Delaware on Wednesday set aside a jury verdict in a pharmaceutical patent case, Amgen v. Sanofi and Regeneron. Amgen and Sanofi/Regeneron produced and sold similar drugs that lowered LDL cholesterol: Repatha and Praluent, respectively. Amgen brought suit alleging that Sanofi/Regeneron’s production of Praluent violated [...]

A group of 17 major record companies, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group and Warner Music Group, filed suit on Tuesday against internet service provider (ISP) RCN Corporation. In their complaint, the plaintiffs allege that RCN “knowingly contributed to, and reaped substantial profits from, copyright infringement by RCN subscribers, including thousands of repeat infringers.” [...]