A jury in Washington, DC, acquitted Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the ringleader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, of murder on Tuesday, but convicted him on terrorism charges. After five days of deliberations, the jury found him guilty of one...

The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that EU workers are entitled to paid annual leave. The case was brought by a UK worker who had requested pay from his former employer for leave not taken from 1999-2012 in...

The Australian Senate on Wednesday passed a same-sex marriage bill, by a 43 to 12 vote. The Marriage Amendment amends the Marriage Act 1961 by redefining marriage by introducing non-gendered language permitting same-sex marriages. The decision...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology Tuesday for the historic suppression of and discrimination against the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community as well as mentioning economic compensation efforts and new...

Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the crime of indecent assault does not require a sexual intention. The case came before the supreme court after a man denied having sexual intent...

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) on Tuesday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of war crimes in Yemen by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

A three-judge panel of the Bangladesh High Court on Monday upheld 139 death sentences and 146 life imprisonments relating to the 2009 mutiny that resulted in the death of 74 people including 54...

The US Supreme Court stated on Monday that it would not review a lawsuit over a drone strike in Yemen that killed five people. Earlier this year, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...

The High Court of Zimbabwe ruled Saturday that the military takeover that ousted ex-president Robert Mugabe was constitutional and not considered a coup. Last week the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former Bosnian Serb Army Commander Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes...