The Russian Federal Council , the upper house of parliament, approved a bill on Wednesday that labels nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that accept international funding as "foreign agents." Critics of President Vladimir Putin argue that...
The Canadian Federal Court ruled Tuesday that the Canadian government's decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol was legal. Canadian Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced...
Russian investigators on Monday announced that they have formally charged ex-police officer Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Pavlyuchenkov, who was a lieutenant colonel at the time of...
The European Commission (EC) stated on Wednesday that urgent action is necessary to ensure that Romania respects the rule of law and judicial independence. The EC stated that Romania has made progress in the past...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Wednesday extended his prior injunction blocking a controversial Mississippi abortion law that was scheduled to go into effect July 1....
The Constitutional Court of Romania stated on Tuesday that at least 50 percent of the electorate must turn out for the July 29 national referendum to decide whether President Traian Basescu ...
Bahrain informed the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday that it would seek to address its controversial human rights record. Bahrain stated that it would consider several measures , including ceasing to torture prisoners, releasing...
A federal jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of California found on Wednesday that Google did not infringe Oracle patents. However, the jury split ...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Tenenbaum v. Song BMG Music, et al., an appeal by a student who was fined $675,000 by a jury for illegally downloading and sharing 30...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 in Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. that the cost of translating documents cannot be awarded to the winning party in federal court under...
