US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law amendments to the Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (SVA) , which makes it a federal crime to lie about having received a military medal or honor. The amendments narrowed the law’s proscriptive scope, prohibiting only persons who, “with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible [...]

An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted 43 foreign and domestic non-governmental organization (NGO) employees of promoting democracy in Egypt without proper documentation and of receiving funds from abroad in violation of Egyptian law. Those convicted include Europeans, Egyptians, other Arabs and at least 16 Americans, 15 of whom were convicted in absentia. The court ordered [...]

New York resident Sulejman Mujagic has been extradited to his native country of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for war crimes committed in the 1990s, officials said Monday. His extradition is the result of charges for allegedly killing and torturing enemy soldiers during the Bosnian War . Mujagic was fighting for the Army of the Autonomous [...]

A Bahrain court on Monday issued sentences to three protesters for allegedly taking part in anti-government protests as well as attempting to kill a police officer. The crimes were committed during an attack on police in the Shiite village of Manama which has been a hotbed of anti-government protests since 2011. The first accused protester [...]

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the government of Japan on Monday came to an agreement to increase efforts to combat drug and human trafficking in Africa and Southeast Asia. The agreement was reached at the end of the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) in Yokohama, Japan. The [...]

The US Department of Justice case against Apple began in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday with an attorney for the department claiming that Apple’s conspiring with publishers cost customers hundreds of millions of dollars. The case, which was filed more than a year ago, accuses Apple of [...]

Ali Kosheib, former militia leader turned officer of the Sudan Central Reserve Police, was spotted in an attack against Salamat communities in Central Darfur in April, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday. Kosheib, also known as Ali Mohammed Ali, faces a 2007 arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Hillman v. Maretta that a Virginia law insurance beneficiary law is preempted by the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 (FEGLIA) . Jacqueline Hillman was widowed by her husband, Warren Hillman. Warren’s ex-wife, Judy Maretta, was designated the beneficiary for his FEGLIA proceeds. Hillman sued under [...]

The bench trial of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning started Monday at Forte Meade, Maryland, nearly three years after his initial arrest . Manning faces a variety of charges related to his release of thousands of classified military documents that were later published on Wikileaks . The most serious charge is that of aiding the enemy, [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Maryland v. King that police may collect DNA samples from individuals arrested and charged with serious crimes. The respondent in the case, Alonzo King, challenged the validity of Maryland’s DNA Collection Act after state officials used his DNA to implicate him in a later crime. In an [...]