A federal judge on Wednesday upheld Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying that same-sex marriage supporters had failed to prove that the ban violates the equal protection or due process provisions of the Constitution. The ruling by Judge Martin Feldman of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana also preserves the state’s [...]

Leaders of Singapore and Indonesia on Wednesday signed a treaty establishing their territorial boundaries in the eastern part of the Strait of Singapore. According to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs , the agreement is a demonstration of how the two countries have been able to work together in areas of mutual interest and “further underscores [...]

The Shurat HaDin of the Israel Law Center announced on Wednesday that they have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal . The request claims Mashaal is criminally liable for the war crime of executions without due process [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Indiana right-to-work law is valid under the US Constitution and federal labor laws. The legislation, enacted in February 2012, forbids an employer from requiring the payment of union dues as a condition for obtaining or keeping a job. The suit was brought [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday approved a settlement between federal antitrust authorities and eBay over allegations that eBay agreed to not to poach employees from rival companies. Judge Edward Davila presided over the settlement between eBay and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . An [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments about the National Security Agency (NSA) practice of collecting millions of Americans’ phone records. The three-judge panel criticized the spy program, which was revealed more than a year ago. The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging [...]

A group of UN human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, urged stronger protection Monday for journalists covering conflicts. The group said recent attacks, kidnappings, and arbitrary incarcerations need to be condemned and opposed by the international community. The experts stressed that “journalists covering armed conflicts do not [...]

Malaysian prosecutors charged University of Malay law professor Azmi Sharom with sedition on Tuesday for his opinion on a political crisis that occurred five years ago. Sharom voiced his opinion in an article published August 14 by The Malay Mail Online, in which he stated that the 2009 collapse of an opposition state government was [...]

Amnesty International (AI) the extremist group, Islamic State (IS) , of carrying out ethnic cleansing “on a historic scale” in Northern Iraq. The report, entitled “Ethnic cleansing on a historic scale: the Islamic State’s systematic targeting of minorities in northern Iraq,” asserts that since June, the group has abducted or killed possibly thousands of ethnic [...]

The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today postponed the commencement of the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against Charles Ble Goude at the defense’s request to complete its preparation. The hearing, previously scheduled for September 22, is postponed to September 29. Ble Goude is accused of working with former [...]