The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an emergency appeal to prevent Washington DC's same-sex marriage law from taking effect. Chief Justice John Roberts, acting as circuit justice for...
Apple filed a lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware against rival smartphone maker HTC alleging that several of HTC's products infringe 10 patents...
The Interior Ministry of Spain said Sunday that it has taken into custody the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA , along with two other people who are believed...
A Haitian judge on Tuesday announced the forthcoming release of the last two US missionaries out of a group of 10 who were arrested on kidnapping charges following the January 12 earthquake . Eight members...
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced Tuesday that another round of formal climate talks will be held April 9-11 in Bonn, Germany to follow up on the recent UN Climate Change...
Oklahoma state court judge Daniel Owens ruled Friday that a state law , making it illegal for a doctor to perform an abortion based on the gender of a fetus and requiring numerous reporting...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Saturday withdrew her lawsuit filed in the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine claiming that the country's presidential election was corrupt. Tymoshenko dropped the...
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris USA on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a 2006 district court ruling that held the tobacco industry ...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday deferred the appointment of two judges by President Asif Ali Zardari in an emergency ruling which has once again pitched the country's judiciary against its...
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on Friday dissolved the country's parliament and electoral commission based on allegations of voter fraud in the long delayed presidential elections in the African nation. On...
