A UK High Court judge ruled Wednesday that the UK government's plan to combat air pollution is "unlawful" and "seriously flawed." Justice Garnham urged the government to investigate and identify ways to bring air quality back to its...

As EU members and institutions meet to revise migration policies, the UN on Wednesday called for a stop to detention of children. The Common European Asylum System currently allows for children to be detained as a last...

The Trump administration has yet to repatriate Guantánamo detainee Ahmed Muhammed Haza al-Darbi to Saudi Arabia, effectively missing the Tuesday deadline established in his 2014 plea deal. Darbi pleaded guilty and admitted to involvement in...

A magistrate of the Second Chamber of Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of former Catalan member of parliament Anna Gabriel i Sabaté for failing to appear before the court to answer sedition charges...

The Pakistan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can no longer be the head of the Pakistan Muslim League, the country's ruling party. The decision was made through analysis of Articles 62, 63, and...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases. In Rosales-Mireles v. US , the petitioner framed the question for the court as: "How should a court of appeals exercise its discretion...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to allow victims of a terrorist attack to collect damages from Iran through attaching government property present in the US. The case, Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran [SCOTUSblog...

The US Supreme Court held Wednesday in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers that the anti-retaliation provision of the securities law does not apply to an individual terminated before he reported acts of retaliation to...

Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and House Speaker Mike Turzai on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to stay an earlier decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court setting aside the...

The Irish Cabinet on Tuesday agreed to draft legislation on a referendum aimed at repealing the Eighth Amendment in the Ireland Constitution on abortion. The amendment grants equal right to life to pregnant women and their...