A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice submitted an advisory opinion Tuesday finding the July 2014 EU economic sanctions against Russia legally valid. In response to a challenge by Russian oil and...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused a request to decide on whether the death penalty is unconstitutional. Lamondre Tucker, who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in 2008 asked the court to grant certiorari in Tucker v....

Te Cambodian parliament voted Monday to allow the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to open an investigation into opposition leader Kem Sohka regarding his alleged involvement with a prostitute. Many have called this move an attempt by the Cambodian People's...

A legal adviser to the European Court of Justice issued an opinion Tuesday finding that an employer may ban an employee from wearing a headscarf for religious purposes. Written by Advocate General Juliane Kokott , the...

The UN Refuge Agency (UNHCR) reported Tuesday that more than 2,500 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean and enter into Europe in 2016, marking an increase from the previous year. In the past week...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby , a case concerning allegations that the insurance company defrauded the government...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. that the Corps' determination that a property contains waters protected by the Clean Water Act (CWA) ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed confidence on Monday that former first lady Simone Gbagbo's upcoming trial in Ivory Coast for crimes against humanity could be a "pivotal moment for justice." HRW also warned that if the...

A court in Senegal convicted former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré of crimes against humanity committed during his rule from 1982 to 1990 and sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday. He was found guilty of sex...

The US District Court for the Southern District of California ordered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday to release internal documents pertaining to Trump University, the terminated education program that is currently...