British Petroleum (BP) on Friday announced an estimated $7.8 billion class action settlement to resolve the majority of claims filed by individual and business plaintiffs after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill [BBC backgrounder;...

Egypt has appointed new judges to hear the trial of 43 non-governmental organization (NGO) workers just days after six Americans among those charged left the country after a nearly $5 million bail was paid by the US government. The...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is liable to a number of Louisiana property owners for its inadequate work...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday called on all nations to ensure that people with disabilities are given equal "enjoyment of all civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights." Pillay's statements came at...

Leaders from 25 European Union (EU) countries on Friday signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance which is directed at improving fiscal discipline and promoting greater financial information disclosure between member...

The Florida House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would ban the use of religious or foreign law in legal decisions and contracts. The bill, which passed 92-24, would effectively ban the use of...

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Thursday that would require a woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound before the procedure. The bill was passed by the...

Guatemalan Judge Miguel Angel Galvez denied former dictator Efrain Rois Montt's amnesty claim Thursday. Rios Montt is being charged for crimes committed throughout the country's 36-year civil war , which officially ended in 1996. The case involves at...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday heard arguments in a challenge to illegal immigration legislation recently passed in Alabama and Georgia, but the three-judge panel chose to defer its ruling until after...

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. He is charged with 41 counts of crimes committed in...