The trial of former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra began in the Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday, as she appeared in court to face corruption charges involving mismanagement of a rice-subsidy program. The charges against Shinawatra include...
Brazil's Federal Police have accused seven people and three companies of environmental crimes in its probe into the major Fundão dam collapse that occurred on November 5. The collapse, which has been termed the worst environmental disaster in the nation's...
The European Commission (EC) ruled Monday that selective tax advantages offered by Belgium under its "excess profit" tax scheme are illegal under EU state aid rules. The "excess profit" tax scheme, effective since 2005, reduced the...
US President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed a bill that would have repealed his signature health care law. The president explained that the proposed bill "would not only repeal parts of the Affordable Care...
The head of the UK's Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) , charged with looking into alleged abuses committed during the war in Iraq, said Saturday that UK soldiers may face prosecution for war crimes. Mark Warwick, a former police...
The European Commission (EC) on Sunday expressed its intentions to debate Poland's new law on control of state-run media after Warsaw seized control of public broadcasters. The debate , scheduled to be held on January 13, is...
Saudi Arabian officials said Saturday that the government has executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including al Qaeda detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric who rallied protesters against the government. The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, which has already...
Three book authors and their advocacy organization, the Authors Guild , challenged Google's massive book-copying and search project before the US Supreme Court . The petition alleges that Google, in cooperation with various university libraries, took essentially...
Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi , a recent recipient of the prestigious European human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health owing to the lengthy hunger strike he initiated more...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all the parties involved in the Yemen conflict to allow the safe passage of food to the city of Taiz where people have been going hungry for...
