The president of Yemen on Sunday backed out of talks arranged by the United Nations (UN) with Shiite rebels. It was announced by his office that there would be no talks until the rebels accept...
The US Attorney's Office on Friday dismissed all charges against the former chairman of Temple University's physics department, Xi Xiaoxing , for allegedly sharing American-made schematics of a device used in superconductor research to Chinese scientists....
Germany announced, on Sunday, that it is invoking temporary border controls at the nation's southern border with Austria, after thousands of immigrants entered the country in recent days. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced at a new...
Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday was sentenced by a Venezuelan court to over 13 years in prison for inciting violence in nationwide protests in 2014. Lopez, a former Caracas borough...
An Indian anti-terror court on Friday convicted 12 men of various charges, including murder, in connection with the near simultaneous bombings of seven trains in Mumbai in 2006. The men, ranging in age from...
The California State Legislature on Friday approved the End of Life Option Act by a vote of 23-14. The measure would allow doctors to provide terminally ill patients with and aid-in-dying drug that a patient takes...
Two independent human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday offered support for recent measures by India and China to limit the use of...
The Lyon Appeals Court in France upheld a 2012 ruling on Thursday in which the agricultural company Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of French farmer Paul Francois. Francois said he suffered various neurological problems...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday blocked the use of a pesticide linked to the declining honey population in the US. The disappearance of a large number of honey bees...
The Office of the Prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants Thursday for Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett, two Kenyans charged with interfering with the prosecution of the Kenya Situation. As...