The Washington Supreme Court ruled Friday that voter-approved initiative 1240 , which allowed 40 charter schools across the state, is unconstitutional. The court determined that the schools cannot receive public funding because the state superintendent has...

A Chilean appeals court on Saturday upheld the convictions of two men for the killing of two Americans in 1973. The Appeals Court of Santiago affirmed the seven-year sentence of General Pedro Espinoza Bravo and the two-year...

Former Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina declared his innocence Friday at his hearing for corruption charges. Judge Migues Angel Galvez suspended proceedings until Tuesday. Molina resigned on Thursday amid corruption charges related to...

The Hungarian National Assembly on Friday passed a number of emergency measures to address the recent mass migration into Europe. The bill declares a state of emergency in Hungary and establishes...

A judge for the US District Court for the Easter District of New York on Thursday ruled that a Long Island town's law preventing day laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks is an unconstitutional violation...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled in favor of Ecuadorian villagers seeking to enforce a multi-billion dollar judgment against the Chevron Corporation. In 2011, the 30,000 villagers secured a $17.2 billion judgment...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday called for increased accountability for criminal acts by international peacekeepers. While recognizing the gradual positive security developments over the past year, Zeid stressed...

The Extraordinary African Chambers confirmed Thursday that war crime accusations have been filed against Chad's President Idriss Deby . The special tribunal in Senegal is overseeing the case against the former president of Chad,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday reinstated a case claiming Nevada has failed to provide voter registration services to its low-income citizens, as required under Section 7 of the National...

A US district court judge on Thursday held Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court for her continued refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The ruling by District Judge David Bunning came after...