The upper house of Japan's National Diet, the House of Councillors on Friday gave final approval to legislation aimed at combating bullying . The law defines bullying that causes serious mental or physical harm as...

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate cannot reject a reprieve by the governor. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in 2011 issued a temporary reprieve for death row...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that families of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole may file a second suit to collect $282 million in...

The Nacka District Court on Thursday convicted Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, founder of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) , of hacking and fraud and sentenced him to two years in prison....

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the war crimes trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta . The new trial date was set with consideration toward the defense's need for...

The Giza Criminal Court on Thursday ordered the release of former Egyptian prime minister Ahmed Nazif . Nazif was convicted of corruption in July 2011 and sentenced to one year in jail. In September Nazif...

The British newspaper The Guardian released two documents Thursday revealing that the US National Security Agency (NSA) was granted the power to make use of information unintentionally gathered from domestic US communications without a warrant....

French and Spanish data protection groups released statements Thursday threatening Google with fines if the company does not change its privacy policies on collecting user data. The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) ...

North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin ruled Tuesday that lawsuits challenging two state abortion laws can be combined into one case. The first statute in question is a 2011 law that limits the drugs that can be used...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc. that the government cannot withhold funding from HIV/AIDS organizations that do not actively denounce...