Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to arrest suspected war criminal Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
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Gay rights groups Lambda Legal and Garden State Equality filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to force the state of New Jersey to recognize and legalize same-sex marriage as opposed to its current...
ICC prosecutor to investigate Nigeria post-election violence
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , on Thursday announced an investigation into recent violence following national elections in Nigeria earlier this month. The preliminary investigation, a precursor...
US soldier charged in civilian deaths accepts plea bargain: report
Specialist Jeremy Morlock has accepted a plea agreement offered by US Army prosecutors, according to a Washington Post report Wednesday. Under the agreement, Morlock, charged in June in the deaths of three Afghan civilians...
California regulators approve incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
California's Air Resources Board on Thursday approved measures that will provide incentives to companies and factories that decrease their greenhouse gas emissions . The provisions are envisaged under Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) [text, PDF;...
A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Friday sentenced Steven Vikash Chand, a man previously convicted in connection with the failed Toronto 18 terrorist plot, to...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down a portion of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. The court held that the...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Wednesday that it has charged the state of New Jersey with securities fraud for failing to disclose to municipal bond investors that it was underfunding...
Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz and 15 other high ranking former officials in the government of Saddam Hussein appeared in court over the weekend and were charged with crimes committed...
The US military on Thursday transferred control over Camp Cropper to Iraqi authorities as US troops prepare to withdraw from the country next month. Despite the transfer, the US will maintain advisers and inspectors ...