All 32 local authorities in Scotland agreed on the new funding deal worth £10.3 billion. However, most authorities agreed reluctantly, fearing that it would lead to decreased services and cutting jobs.
President Xi Jinping’s campaign to repatriate political opponents and activists tests international laws as operations are being carried outside its jurisdictions.
The US dropped Alireza Moazami Goudarzi's charges on January 16. This then prompted Judge Castel to challenged the government's action regarding the charges being dropped against Goudarzi.
The FBI negotiated with four armed occupants at a remote federal wildlife refuge in Oregon on Saturday while the holdouts in a video posted online expressed their mistrust of the government and reluctance to leave.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove scrapped major cuts to England’s criminal legal aid system, which was previously initiated by his predecessor Chris Grayling.
Four petitions brought to the High Court of Justice seeking to block the natural gas regulations is deemed having no legal basis by the Israel government. Movement for Quality Government in Israel, The Academic Center for Law and Business, and the Zionist Union and Meretz parties is against the idea of having two giant energy companies running a cartel on the Leviathan gas field just off the Israel coast.
Japan’s Economy Minister, Akira Amari, has resigned due to bribery allegations. As the head of “Abenomics,” this is a major blow to PM Shinzo Abe’s strategy to revive the country’s declining economy.
Venezuela's opposition that won December's election has started legislating, but it backed-down in a dispute with Supreme Court. The opposition said the move was a tactical retreat from the government's "intitutional ambush".
Two Hong Kong delegates to China's parliament are pushing to implement mainland security laws months after pro-democracy protesters shut down major parts of the Chinese-controlled city, broadcaster RTHK said on Sunday.
Burkina Faso's interim prime minister pledged on Thursday to open enquiries into the deaths of a former president and a journalist, among the key demands of protesters who swept former President Blaise Compaore from power last month.
