The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs that a California woman injured in a train accident in Austria fell outside the commercial activity exception of the Foreign Sovereign...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Manning the court will resolve the circuit split on whether Section 27 of...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled unanimously on Tuesday that a Turkish court order blocking access to YouTube violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Monday that the display of a prominent cross-shaped war memorial in a public park operated by Prince George County does not violate the...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Green v. Brennan the court heard arguments to determine whether, under federal employment discrimination law, the filing period for a constructive...
UNICEF on Friday called for aid to approximately 1.2 million children distressed by conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) . Violence has persisted in the CAR since the predominately Muslim-based Seleka rebels ousted former...
El Salvador's complete ban on abortion negatively affects not only women and girls, but also their families, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Monday. The report indicates that...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal by Mexican states attempting to sue BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The court let stand a lower court ruling in Veracruz,...
Stockholm's district court on Friday, ruled against forcing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block The Pirate Bay and Swefilmer, a file sharing and streaming website, respectively. The plaintiffs, Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony...
An Israeli court on Monday found two Israeli minors guilty of murdering and kidnapping Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian minor, in 2014 in Jerusalem. The minors, whose names were not mentioned in court proceedings , will face...