The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday declined to reconsider the appeal of Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black . In October, a three-judge panel upheld two [opinion, PDF; JURIST...

California's Air Resources Board on Thursday approved measures that will provide incentives to companies and factories that decrease their greenhouse gas emissions . The provisions are envisaged under Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) [text, PDF;...

A French court on Friday convicted 13 former Chilean officials over the disappearance of four French citizens during the regime of Augusto Pinochet . The defendants, primarily high-ranking military officers, were tried in absentia, and...

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia on Thursday filed 13 patent infringement complaints against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. The complaints, filed in the UK High Court, Dusseldorf and Mannheim District Courts...

US President Barack Obama announced Thursday that the US will support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People . The declaration, adopted in 2007, is a non-binding treaty outlining the global human rights...

A Turkish court on Thursday began the trial of nearly 200 military officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The 2003 Balyoz Security Operation Plan , or "Sledgehammer" plot ,...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Ireland failed to provide "effective and accessible procedures" to allow a Lithuanian women to assert her constitutional right to a lawful abortion ....

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah on Thursday asked Polish prosecutors to investigate claims that he was abused in a secret CIA prison in the country. Zubaydah, a top al Qaeda suspect, alleges that he...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced former Guyana parliament member Abdul Kadir to life in prison for plotting to blow up John F...

Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , accused of attempting to set off an explosive device on a flight last December, was arraigned Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [official...