The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Merit Management Group, LP, v. FTI Consulting, Inc. , a case concerning the scope of protection afforded certain institutions acting as so-called "safe harbors" in claims against bankruptcy...

The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court's decision to enforce an original plea bargain in accordance with contract law principles, finding such application was not supported by federal law. The case arose from...

Bahrain issued a statement Saturday declaring that the country has a right to reclaim lands that the nation believes were wrongfully taken by Qatar. The lands in dispute were settled by a International Court of Justice decision ...

The US Supreme Court unanimously concluded on Monday that Alabama may execute a death row inmate, Vernon Madison, who claims to be mentally incompetent and unfit to be executed under the Eighth Amendment due to...

Saudi Arabia officials on Sunday arrested dozens of individuals, including princes, military officers, influential businessmen and government ministers, as part of a wide ranging anti-corruption probe. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been the driving force...

Liberia's Supreme Court on Monday suspended the presidential run-off vote that had been scheduled for November 7 until the National Elections Commission (NEC) can investigate allegations of fraud from the initial October 10 vote. Article 83 of the Liberia...

Iraq's Supreme Federal Court ruled Monday that no region within the country may secede from the state. The ruling is in response to the disputed referendum by the northern Kurdish region who...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Samsung's appeal in a patent case against Apple over Smartphone features. Samsung argued that three of Apple's patents covered trivial advances that were not eligible...

A Pentagon official on Friday ordered the release of a Marine Corps general, who was sentenced last week to 21-days confinement to his quarters by Guantánamo Bay military commissions judge Air Force Col. Vance Spath. Marine...

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Friday that her office is seeking an investigation into potential war crimes in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Bensouda is asking the ICC to authorize...