The Philippines Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would allow the live broadcast of the November 2009 Maguindanao Massacre trial subject to guidelines set by the court. The court decided...
Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement with Apple , settling all patent disputes between the parties and directing Apple to pay royalties to Nokia for the term...
The Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday there is no evidence of undue pressure by superiors on the judge that sentenced former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky . One of Khodorkovsky's main...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in two cases on Monday that schools cannot punish students for speech or writing created outside the school environment. In JS v. Blue Mountain School District [opinion,...
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a challenge Monday to the newly signed Texas law requiring a sonogram be done before a woman can have an abortion. The CRR filed the lawsuit in the...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday pledged to work with opposition leaders to build the country's new constitution. Erdogan recently won his third consecutive term in parliamentary elections, but his Justice...
Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Tuesday to withdraw an invitation for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to participate in an event there and to arrest him if he travels to the country [press...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Monday appealed the dismissal of a case over two Guantanamo Bay detainees,Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia and Salah Al-Salami of Yemen, who committed suicide while in detention...
The UN on Monday expressed concern over violence in Syria and urged the Syrian government to stop using force against protesters. Nearly 1,200 people have been killed and 10,000 displaced since protests erupted in February. UN Under-Secretary-General...
The US Supreme Court Monday ruled in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan that a Nevada ethics law that requiring government officials to recuse themselves from votes where they...