The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Monday upheld the 13-year prison sentence of former President Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism-related charges. Nasheed was originally sentenced in March 2015 after he...

Two justices of the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday declined to rule on a petition challenging the constitutionality of the country's law prohibiting sex between consenting adults of the same sex. The petitioners, several prominent LGBT celebrities,...

Volkswagen AG has agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion to settle allegations of cheating emissions tests and deceiving customers in a settlement with US regulators announced Tuesday. The company will either to buy back...

A judge for the for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Monday extended a permanent injunction prohibiting clerks in Mississippi from recusing themselves from issuing mariage licences to same-sex couples for religious...

On Tuesday the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari for eight new cases. In Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Company , the Court is asked to determine whether the “sue or be sued” provision of...

A Norwegian court on Monday denied a request by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden seeking a guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US if he were...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday held that Google and Viacom are not liable for planting "cookies" on children's computers to gather data for advertisers. In a class...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his support for the end to torture under all circumstances on Monday. Speaking on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture , Ban called the legal prohibition of...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari for two new cases next term, and noted probable jurisdiction to another. In Life Technologies Corporation v. Promega Corporation the Court has been asked...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 in Voisine v. United States that a state law conviction on reckless domestic assault is sufficient to bar possession of a firearm under federal law. Stephen...