Israeli rights group Shurat HaDin Law Center and two dozen Americans filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to block the Obama administration from releasing an estimated $100 billion in frozen Iranian funds. The plaintiffs hold existing judgments against the country and claim that releasing the frozen funds will “prevent them from ever collecting on [...]

Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the practice of refunding the price of a bride upon the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and should be banned. In a 6-1 decision , the majority held that the practice suggests that women were in the market place and it infringes on a woman’s right [...]

Libyan officials announced Thursday that they had found the body of a Libyan judge who was abducted by an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) last month. Judge Mohamed al-Nemli’s body, whose death was confirmed by the town of Zliten, was found near the city of Misrata in western Libya. The body had a gunshot [...]

A panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a Texas voter identification law discriminated against blacks and Hispanics and violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) . The law, which is one of the strictest in the country, requires that voters bring a [...]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the government that has been increasing its efforts against terrorism in past years. However, those opposed to the ruling are concerned [...]

A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement in Bernard Madoff’s multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Lipkin contributed to the scheme by falsifying records. While Madoff insisted that [...]

The Israel Defense Ministry on Wednesday jailed an Israeli extremists for sixth months with no charges or formal trial. It is reported that Mordechai Meyer was sent to jail in as an effort by Israel officials to stop militant Jews involvement in future violent attacks against the citizens of the country. Meyer is alleged to [...]

The UN on Wednesday said that a new report shows a significant increase in the number of women and children being hurt or killed in Afghanistan’s war against the Taliban and other insurgents. The number of total casualties in the conflict rose by approximately one percent in the first half of this year, but the [...]

The US Senate on Tuesday approved a new bill that provides an extension of American commercial space laws. Sponsored by Texas Senator Ted Cruz and other Senators from both parties, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act was approved to promote competitiveness of the U.S. commercial space sector, and for other purposes.The new legislation amends [...]

Mexico Federal District Attorney General Rodolfo Rios Garza announced Wednesday that police have arrested a man suspected of murdering photojournalist Rueben Espinosa and four women last week . The suspect, whose identity was not released, was found by linking a fingerprint discovered at the apartment where the killings took place. Espinosa had fled to Mexico [...]