The Honduran National Congress on Wednesday voted to dismiss four justices of the country's Supreme Court for alleged abuse of their position. The dismissal of the judges came after the justices ruled last week [AP...
Washington Governor Christine Gregoire on Wednesday certified the results of Referendum 74 which has legalized same-sex marriage in the state. The referendum gave Washington voters the choice to accept or reject the...
A UN independent expert on Thursday praised a convention passed by the African Union (AU) to protect internally displaced persons (IDPs). The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of...
Two well-site supervisors and one former executive of British Petroleum (BP) pleaded not guilty in US federal court on Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill . The...
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled Wednesday that the ritual slaughter of animals violates the Polish Constitution. The court's ruling will bar strictly-followed slaughtering practices by Muslim and Jewish citizens where the animal is not stunned first. The decision...
The German Finance Ministry on Thursday gave final approval to amendments to the Luxembourg Agreement that will increase compensation to surviving victims of the Nazi regime. German...
Wells Fargo claimed Thursday that a federal lawsuit filed by the US government to recover money from defective mortgages is barred by a settlement reached earlier this year. The government filed the lawsuit last month,...
A Russian court on Wednesday reduced the sentence of the former business partner of jailed Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky by three years. Platon Lebedev has been incarcerated since...
A spokesperson for the government of Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that the government had begun the process of impeaching the country's chief justice. The specific charges were not revealed , but spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, confirmed that the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday declined to reconsider its August decision allowing Texas to impose a funding ban on clinics affiliated with abortion providers under the state's Women's Health Program [official...
