Volkswagen (VW) reached additional settlements with US state attorneys general on Thursday for emissions standards fraud. In addition to a $4.3 billion settlement agreement that VW reached with the US Department of Justice [official...

Several environmental groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration Thursday over the Keystone XL pipeline . In their complaints, the groups argued that the State Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act [text,...

North Carolina House Bill 2 (HB2) , commonly known as the "bathroom bill," was repealed on Thursday. Governor Roy Cooper signed HB142 , which repeals HB2, after the legislature passed the bill ...

The recently-impeached South Korea President Guen-Hye Park was arrested Friday on charges of bribery, coercion, abuse of power, and leaking government secrets. Park may be facing an additional nine other charges and can be held behind bars for...

A UK court of appeals declined on Thursday to allow a man with a terminal disease the right to seek his own death. Noel Conway has terminal motor neurone disease and is only expected to...

The Supreme Court of Venezuela on Wednesday essentially dissolved the opposition-controlled National Assembly, assuming all legislative powers. The court ruled that because the legislature had defied previous court rulings, all of its decisions...

Attorney General Edgar Veytia of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, has been arrested on charges of international narcotics trafficking conspiracy, according to court documents filed by federal officials on Tuesday. The gist of the grand jury indictment...

Legal counsel for detained reporter, Deniz Yucel, appeared before the Turkish Constitutional Court to request his release, his employer Die Welt said Wednesday. Yucel was detained in mid-February, and has been held by the Turkish...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii granted the state of Hawaii's request on Wednesday to convert the temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking President Donald Trump's travel ban [executive...

A judge for the criminal division of the Tribunal of Trani on Thursday acquitted Standard & Poor (S&P) officials over market manipulation charges. The credit rating agency was accused of...