A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday. The ruling brings da Silva one step closer to being barred from running for Presidency and serving his sentence in prison....

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Prager University against Google alleging that the technology giant censored Prager's politically conservative YouTube [official...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska filed a lawsuit on Monday on behalf of state Senator Ernie Chambers and social justice advocate Reverend Stephen Griffith challenging the state's lethal injection procedures. The civil...

The Neumünster District Court (Amtsgericht Neumünster) ruled Monday to detain exiled Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont , pending a decision by the Higher Regional Court. Puigdemont had declared Catalonia's independence from Spain...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously held that a final decision in one of several consolidated cases confers upon the losing party the immediate right to appeal, notwithstanding the status of any of the other...

Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Monday that the 2020 census will include a question regarding citizenship status, a measure the Justice Department said will better aid enforcement of the Voting Rights Act . California Attorney General Xavier...

The Malaysian Parliament proposed a bill Monday meant to combat "fake news," drawing sharp criticism from rights groups such as Amnesty International . The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 defines fake news as "any news, information,...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In United States v. Sanchez-Gomez the Supreme Court is determining whether the Ninth Circuit had jurisdiction to hear a pre-trial challenge by defendants about a policy that...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of Maurice Greenberg's Starr International Co. The appeal argued that the federal government illegally bailed out AIG during the financial crisis of 2008 at...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report alleging that former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa abused the criminal justice system to target indigenous leaders and environmentalists who protested mining and oil exploration in the Amazon....