Kuwait's court of appeals on Monday released opposition leader and former MP Mussallam Al Barrak on bail. The trial has been adjourned until May 13. Barrak was sentenced last week to...
Kuwait opposition leader and former MP Mussallam Al Barrak was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for criticizing leader Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah , which is a crime under Kuwait's...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Tuesday reducing prison terms by three quarters for some members of rebel forces. The decree, announced by the state news agency SANA , has been condemned by...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the New York state gun law requiring those who desire to carry a concealed handgun to show they have a special reason...
Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in as the fourth president of Kenya Tuesday. Kenyatta, who is the son of Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta , was elected in a closely contested race...
The Iraqi Cabinet announced an amendment to the De-Baathification law on Monday that would allow thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath party to serve in the public sector and receive pensions....
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Saturday that ReDigi Inc.'s "pre-owned" digital music sales infringed on Capitol Records LLC's music copyrights. ReDigi's online service...
The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected efforts by drug maker Novartis AG to patent an updated version of the company's leukemia-treating drug Glivec. The court reasoned that subject product "beta crystalline...
Egypt's top prosecutor issued arrest warrants on Monday against five activists for their alleged involvement in recent clashes between protesters and the Muslim Brotherhood . The warrants were issued against activists opposing the Brotherhood and President Mohamed Morsi...
Michel Djotodia, leader of rebel forces behind a coup in the Central African Republic (CAR) , declared in a radio address Monday that the country's constitution is dissolved and he is now the nation's leader....
