Alphabet Inc. , owner of Google, and the Russian Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) , reached an out-of-court settlement with in a dispute over Google's requiring Android phone manufacturers to pre-install its own search tool...

The under-secretary-general for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Stephen O'Brien on Sunday condemned attacks against people, including many civilians, who were fleeing the Syrian towns of Foah and Kefraya. In his...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates, Inc. and California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc. In Perry,...

Former South Korean president Guen-Hye Park was indicted on numerous corruption charges including extortion, abuse of power, and bribery on Monday. Prosecutors from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' officer also indicted Shin Dong-bin ,...

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , announced a victory on Sunday after 51.5 percent of Turkish voters elected to expand presidential powers. However, his political opponents are demanding a recount as some of the ballots did...

Aya Hijazi, a dual US-Egyptian citizen who has been in prison for three years in relation to her foundation dedicated to helping street children, was of acquitted all charges by a Cairo court on Sunday. Seven others, including HIzaji's husband,...

Lawyers for US President Donald Trump, in their answer to a lawsuit Friday, contended the president was immune from being sued by protesters who were injured during a campaign rally in Louisville in 2016. The attorneys argued Trump...

An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo sentenced Habib el-Adly, the former interior minister under former president Hosni Mubarak, to seven years in jail on Saturday, for embezzling more than $100m of public funds. Adly was the head of Egypt's feared...

US District Judge William Orrick from the Northern District of California heard arguments Friday over President Trump's executive order withholding federal funds from so-called "sanctuary cities". San Fransisco and Santa Clara both filed suit asking for...

US District Court Judge Kristine Baker on Saturday issued a temporary injunction blocking Arkansas' plan to execute seven inmates by the end of the month. Baker's order comes a day after Arkansas state judge Wendell...