The government of India and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) on Monday signed a peace agreement ending over 60 years of fighting. The feud between the NSCM and the Indian government for the independence of the Naga tribespeople is the longest-standing in India since the nation gained independence in 1947. The two sides [...]

Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera said Monday he plans an exhaustive investigation into the murders of a photojournalist and four women last week. The photojournalist, Rueben Espinosa, and four women were found murdered on Friday in Mexico City. Mancera stated that the Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal (PGJDF) would be investigating the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday sentenced Christopher R. Glenn 120 months in jail and three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information under the Espionage Act . Glenn was a military contractor and civilian systems administrator and in 2012 he [...]

Former UK bank trader Tom Hayes was convicted Monday of eight counts of conspiracy to defraud. Following a unanimous jury verdict, Judge Jeremy Cooke sentenced Hayes to 14 years in prison for attempting to rig the London interbank offered rate (Libor) . Hayes, a former Citibank and UBS trader, received the first criminal conviction of [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist David A. Cortman, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, discusses the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert… The government is relatively good at some things: protecting its citizens through police and fire departments, collecting and spending money (sometimes too good) and fixing potholes (on occasion). But [...]

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asked internet service providers (ISPs) on Monday to block more than 800 pornographic websites under Section 79 (b) of the country’s Information Act . Certain sources within the DoT state that “ertain websites have been reviewed and found to be spreading anti-social activities as hyperlinks from these websites, some of [...]

US President Barack Obama on Monday announced a set of new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) power plant pollution regulations designed to improve air quality and reduce green house gas emissions. The so-called “Clean Power Plan” sets carbon and other pollutant emission standards for states and requires them to submit plans to meet the standards by [...]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Attorney General Salem Saeed Kubaish announced Sunday that the country has indicted 41 people for attempting to organize a terrorist organization. According to the announcement , the suspects created the ‘Al Manara Youth Group’ and collected guns, ammunition, and funding in an effort to start its own country based on [...]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , along with a former state legislator, were indicted on felony securities fraud, it was reported on Saturday. Officials said that the three-count indictment against Paxton was handed up on Tuesday, and is to be unsealed on Monday when Paxton is expected to turn himself in to authorities at the [...]

The British and French governments have warned in a joint article by British Home Secretary Theresa May and French Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve that the world is facing a “global migration crisis.” The two government officials stressed that countries must make dealing with the increasing number of migrants a top priority. Britain and [...]