The state of Texas filed a petition Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit asking the court to overturn rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions set to...
The Bangkok Criminal Court sentenced 84 members of Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy Network (PAD) , known as the "yellow shirt" movement, to between six and 30 months in prison Thursday for their roles...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an insider trading complaint against unknown investors in Martek Biosciences Corp. , claiming that the investors purchased an unusually large number of call options in Martek...
International human rights organizations and numerous governments criticized Russia's justice system following Monday's guilty verdict against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev on embezzlement charges. Amnesty International (AI)...
Sudan's Constitutional Court on Monday rejected a suit that could have postponed next month's scheduled referendum on independence for southern Sudan but chose not to dismiss two similar suits. According to a spokesperson for the South Sudan Referendum Commission...
Iranian prosecutors have charged First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi with embezzling money, judiciary spokesperson Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi announced Monday. The spokesperson said he expects the case to go to trial . Conservative lawmakers say they have...
A UK High Court ruled Friday that a temporary immigration cap on skilled workers cannot stand because it was passed without sufficient parliamentary review. The court held that Home Secretary Theresa May attempted to sidestep Parliament [BBC...
Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said that Serbia has filed documents asking the US to extradite accused Nazi war criminal and naturalized US citizen Peter Egner to Serbia so that he can stand trial...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Los Angeles County v. Humphries that, when alleging a municipality violated their civil rights under 42 USC § 1983 ,...
US Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Defense (DOD) are conducting a criminal investigation of WikiLeaks over its release of confidential government...