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Anti-Idling Ordinance Proposed by the Houston City Council The Houston City Council has proposed an ordinance which bans heavy vehicles and large commercial trucks from leaving […]

UK Supreme Court To Rule On Libya Rendition Case UK Supreme Court began hearing a lawsuit brought by Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, alleging the involvement of UK government in […]

Four Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh Over Murder Of A Teenage Boy A Court in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death over brutal killing of a […]

Assisted Suicide Law Passed In Germany The German Parliament passed a bill that would allow assisted suicide if it is conducted with altruistic motives.  However it […]

Police Officials to be held responsible for Karo-Kari Cases A single bench of Sind High Court headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar, issued verdict that SSP and […]

Voters In Houston Reject Equal Rights Ordinance Voters in Houston rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. The bathroom bill, which is actually “Ordinance No. 2014-530”, was […]

Voters in Ohio Reject Amendment for Marijuana Legalization Voters in Ohio rejected a suggestion to legalize the medical and recreational use of marijuana. The proposal would […]

Ban on Gay Blood Donors Lifted in France The French government ended the ban  on blood donations by gay men. Marisol Touraine, French Minister of Social […]

Austria drafts new law aimed at deterring Afghan Migrants The Cabinet of Austria introduced new law to prevent Afghan migrants from seeking asylum in Austria. The […]

National Assembly proposes strict punishment for rapists The National Assembly’s standing committee on interior approved a draft bill suggesting death penalty and life imprisonment for accused […]

Chief Justice to address Senate Chief Justice Anwer Zaheer Jamali will address Senate Committee constituted to give recommendations to the government on speedy justice in Pakistan.  It […]

China to End One-Child Policy China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy. The one-child policy was introduced in 1979 and it implied that several […]

Cybersecurity Bill Passed by US Senate The US Senate has passed legislation, which aims to improving cyber-security defenses in the US. The Cybersecurity Sharing Information Act […]

Nepalese Parliament Elects First Female President Bidhya Devi Bhandari is now deputy leader of the ruling Communist party in Nepal who has long campaigned to secure […]

Pakistani Murderer of Indonesian Couple Executed by Saudi Arabia A Pakistani convicted of murdering an Indonesian couple was executed in Riyadh this week. According to the […]

Mustafa Kanju along with five other acquitted in Zain murder case Anti-terrorism court acquitted five accused including Mustafa Kanju, son of former state minister Sadique Kanju […]

Supreme Court: Debate on Blasphemy Law is Not Against Religion Justice Khosa recently wrote an order to dismiss Mumtaz Qadri’s appeal against his death sentence. The […]