A British judge upheld an arrest warrant for Julian Assange, who has spent more than five years hiding inside Ecuador's embassy in London. The WikiLeaks co-founder breached bail conditions and sought refuge at the embassy in...
Bangladesh's Fifth Special Judge's Court of Dhaka found former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison on Thursday. She was convicted of embezzling close to USD $250,000 in donations for...
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state's order to close Capital Care, Toledo's last abortion clinic. This decision overturned previous rulings made in favor of the clinic by Lucas County Common...
France's highest administrative court on Monday reversed the ban on breeding killer whales and dolphins in captivity. The Council of State's decision to annul the ministerial decree comes less than a year after it was signed. They...
Crimes motivated by misogyny should be classified as hate crimes, according to a report released Tuesday by the Fawcett Society , an organization that campaigns for women's rights in the UK. The report is the result of...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Thursday issued guidance that will allow states to require people to work as a condition to receiving Medicaid. CMS reasoned that health care is but...
Amnesty International on Monday accused EU member states of being complicit in the abuse and torture of refugees and migrants that have journeyed across Africa and are now being detained in Libya. The Libyan coastguard, detention authorities and...
The European Commission said Thursday that they plan to take Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic to the Court of Justice over their failure to accept their quota of refugees. This decision comes six months after...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday revived a lawsuit brought against Alibaba Group Holding Ltd by the Chinese online retailer's shareholders last year. The suit alleged that in addition...
A Missouri judge on Wednesday upheld the $110 million jury award in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and talc supplier Imerys Talc. The suit alleged that four decades of using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder...
