The UK House of Commons voted 304-0 on Friday in favor a bill that would guarantee a nationwide referendum in 2017 to determine whether the UK would remain within the European Union (EU) . The bill was introduced by Conservative MP James Wharton in order to give British citizens the opportunity to share their opinions [...]

Egyptian authorities on Wednesday shut down four Islamist-run television stations that were viewed as sympathetic to ousted President Mohamed Morsi . This crackdown occurred only a day after the Egyptian military removed Morsi from office and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour . The military also raided the offices [...]

Pakistan’s new government on Thursday lifted the country’s moratorium on executions. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), a center-right party, took power during elections in May, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) . PML-N Interior Ministry spokesman Umer Hameed declared that the government will begin to impose the death penalty on a case-by-case basis. Amnesty [...]

The North Carolina Senate passed 29-12 legislation on Wednesday that places severe restrictions on abortion. The bill will likely shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics because it requires clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgery centers . The bill also bans gender-selective abortions, restricts insurance coverage of abortions under the Patient [...]

Younis Chekkouri, a Moroccan Guantanamo Bay detainee, recently disclosed in a letter to his lawyer that the US military personnel are punishing him and other hunger-strikers every time they leave or return to their cells. Chekkouri described being surrounded by eight guards and a watch commander in a room while two guards “put their hands [...]

The Chairman of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt , Adly Mansour , on Thursday took the oath to become the interim head of state after the Egyptian military deposed President Mohamed Morsi and suspended the nation’s constitution on Wednesday. Morsi has been placed under house arrest, and arrest warrants have been issued for approximately [...]

The Egyptian military on Wednesday deposed President Mohamed Morsi , suspended the nation’s constitution and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour. Protests and demonstrations erupted throughout Egypt on Sunday calling for Morsi’s resignation for his alleged failure to address economic and security issues during his one year tenure as [...]

The US Department of Treasury (DOT) announced on Tuesday that it will delay enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) employer mandate for businesses with 50 or more full-time employees until 2015. The PPACA mandate requiring companies with more than 50 full-time employees to provide health coverage to its employees and to adhere [...]

Chad’s ex-President Hissene Habre was charged by Senegalese prosecutors on Monday with war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. Habre will appear before the Extraordinary African Chambers , a special court set up in Senegal to investigate the allegations against him, and he could face life in prison if convicted. Known as “Africa’s Pinochet,” the [...]

Four Guantanamo Bay prisoners filed a motion in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Sunday asking the federal court to order the prison’s officials to stop the practice of force-feeding hunger strikers. In their motion, Shaker Aamer, Ahmed Belbacha, Nabil Hadjarab and Abu Wa’el Dhiab alleged that the practice violates human [...]