A Tennessee judge on Wednesday ruled that the state's use of lethal injections for the execution of death row inmates is constitutional. The decision by Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman came in answer to a lawsuit brought...

Serbia and Kosovo signed agreements Tuesday in several key areas, taking a major step towards reconciling ties since the 1990s war. The agreement areas include energy, telecoms, establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities as well as the...

A panel of United Nations (UN) experts told the Security Council Tuesday that there has been increased hostility and violence in South Sudan since the adoption of a resolution imposing sanctions on the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled against New Jersey Tuesday, deciding 2-1 to uphold the federal ban on sports betting in all but four states. New Jersey has been trying to...

A three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision and ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, upholding a five-year...

Guatemala's Supreme Court on Tuesday approved prosecutors' requests to impeach President Otto Perez Molina for corruption allegations, despite the president having immunity from prosecution. Perez Molina and about 30 other government officials are accused of taking millions...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking the use of two drugs for lethal injections. The order was issued in a phone...

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced plans Tuesday to issue new guidelines significantly limiting the use of racial profiling in policing as an effort to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. Frosh stated...

A Guatemalan court on Wednesday held that former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt can stand for trial for genocide and crimes against humanity but cannot be sentenced because he suffers from dementia. The court held that a...

Germany's highest appeal court on Tuesday affirmed a 2013 decision by a lower court that invalidated a series of Apple smartphone patents. The ruling by the Federal Court of Justice invalidates...