Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement on Wednesday and suspended sentenced of five years and a 500,000-rouble (USD 8,500) fine by a court in Kirov, Russia. Navalny runs the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which investigates the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill into law that decriminalizes domestic violence to make it an administrative offense. The bill allows for criminal prosecution for repeat offenders but allows...

The Constitutional Court of Romania ruled unanimously Tuesday that a bill permitting the conversion of Swiss francs to Romanian currency was unconstitutional. The bill which was passed last year...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday regarding the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration. The government argued that the executive order was well...

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will grant the final permit for the Dakota Access oil pipeline after an order from President Donald Trump to expedite the process, according to a court document ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appellate brief Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit calling for the reinstatement of President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order. Regarding...

The European Union on Tuesday appointed 19 international judges for a special court in Kosovo that will prosecute war crimes committed between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2000. Twelve of the judges come from countries within...

At least 20 people were reported to have been killed and 41 injured on Tuesday following a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is believed that the perpetrator wore a suicide vest...

The US House of Representatives on Monday approved HR 387 , a bipartisan bill that updates US privacy laws in regards to e-mail and cloud storage. Most importantly, the bill will require law enforcement to obtain a warrant...

Israel's Knesset on Monday voted 60-52 in favor of a bill that retroactively legalizes the thousands of Jewish settlement homes currently located in the Palestinian West Bank territory. The new legislation allows the government to...