Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Friday in Texas court arguing that a rule forbidding any clinic affiliated with abortion providers from receiving public funds violates Texas state...

The Tennessee Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the state's voter identification law Thursday while upholding the validity of Memphis public library cards as acceptable forms of voter ID. The state...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty of tax fraud on Friday and sentenced to four years in prison on charges that his media empire Mediaset [corporate website,...

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda expressed concern on Thursday that Kenya's government had delayed in turning over evidence to the ICC regarding the country's 2007-08 post-election violence ....

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...

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt presented a report to the General Assembly Thursday urging all member states to protect freedom of belief as it applies...

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday adopted the nation's first mental health law to protect the rights of the mentally ill, according to a report by the country's state-run news agency. The new law is...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday unanimously upheld a ban restricting federally licensed firearms dealers (FFLs) from selling handguns to people under the age of 21. The restrictions were codified...

A judge for the US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday declared in a preliminary ruling that Samsung violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 when it infringed...

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday sentenced a convicted terrorist to a 37-year prison sentence for a 1999 plot to blow up the Los Angeles International...