Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina announced Friday that the country had certified the citizenship of thousands whose status had been in question for almost a decade. Their citizenship was in question based on their Haitan-immigrant-parents illegal entry into the country. As a result, they had had trouble enrolling in school, travelling, getting formal work, marrying [...]

European Union leaders announced Friday that a final quota compromise had been reached regarding the large number of illegal immigrants arriving in Italy and Greece after crossing the Mediterranean sea. It is estimated that over 120,000 migrants have made the dangerous sea crossing in the past year, most fleeing from Syria and other war-torn nations. [...]

Thailand’s military government on Friday blocked the launch of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on the Vietnamese government’s persecution of an ethnic minority, citing concerns for international security and the country’s relationship with Vietnam. The launch was scheduled to take place at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) , and is the third [...]

Thousands of protesters marched in Honduras on Friday calling for the resignation of President Juan Hernandez and demanding an independent investigation into his role in an ongoing corruption scandal. Hernandez is accused of knowingly using money from a $200 million embezzlement scandal at the Honduran Institute (IHSS) of Social Security to help pay for his [...]

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said Thursday that he had presented documents to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to assist in the investigation of alleged Israeli war crimes. The documents describe the Israel occupation of the West Bank, treatment of Palestinian prisoners, and alleged war crimes committed during fighting in the Gaza Strip last year. [...]

The US House of Representatives voted 286-138 to approve a trade law that provides assistance to workers who lose their jobs to international trade and renews President Barack Obama’s authority to negotiate trade deals on behalf of the country. It also establishes programs to increase trade between the US and Africa. The Trade Preferences Extension [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 8-1 in Johnson v. United States that increasing sentences on certain felons found in illegal possession of a firearm under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. The ACCA allows for an increased punishment if a criminal has committed three [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 5-4 in Obergefell v. Hodges that states must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and also must recognize same-sex marriages that take place in other states. The ruling strikes down same-sex marriage bans in 15 US states. Those defending the laws had argued both that justifications for opposite-sex [...]

The California State Assembly on Thursday passed legislation requiring schoolchildren to be vaccinated unless there is a medical reason not to do so. The measure ends exemptions among parents opposed to vaccination due to personal or religious reasons. California is now the largest state to mandate vaccination , joining Mississippi and West Virginia which have [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project that Texas’s biggest housing subsidy has been reinforcing segregated housing. The project claimed that even if Texas did not treat minority applicants differently, the subsidy program had the effect of disadvantaging them, under a [...]