The US Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of an Oklahoma man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two children. During sentencing, the prosecution had asked three members of the victim's family...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stated Monday that France intends to pursue avenues for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to initiate an investigation into the alleged war crimes committed by Syrian and...

Qatar initiated a public awareness campaign Monday to educate workers about the new labor laws that will take effect in December. Many migrant workers are employed in Qatar, and the new laws are intended to make it easier...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Bravo-Fernandez v. United States . The court is being asked to decide whether an unconstitutional, vacated conviction can "cancel" out the preclusive effect of...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law adding new licensing and inspection rules for facilities that perform abortions is unconstitutional. The court found that the law violated a provision ...

Five men accused of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov went on trial Monday in a Moscow military court. The five defendants, previously identified as Anzor Gubashev, Shagid Gubashev, Zaur Dadayev, Ramzan Bakhayev and Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, are ethnic Chechens and...

Polish women participated in a nationwide strike on Monday in protest of a new law that would completely ban abortion. The women wore black and waved black flags in symbolism of mourning the potential loss of reproductive rights....

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a motion on Tuesday blocking Illinois from allowing voter registration on Election Day in the state's most populated counties. The state's...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced a Malian jihadist to nine years of imprisonment for overseeing the destruction of Muslim shrines in Timbuktu, Mali. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi admitted...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that American Express (Amex) can enforce rules that ban merchants accepting its credit cards from directing customers to its competitors' cards. The...