The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Central Pension Fund that, whether a claim for attorney's fees is based upon a statute, a private contract, or both, the...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday announced that a legal instrument, which grants children access to international human rights protections, will go into effect in April. The Optional...

Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) on Sunday filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging that UK government and military officials engaged in...

A Saudi Arabian court on Sunday sentenced to death a member of an extremist group convicted of producing explosives used in a May 2004 suicide attack on a western company operating in Saudi Arabia's northwestern port city of Yanbu....

Attorneys representing Apple on Wednesday formally sought to disqualify court-appointed "external compliance monitor" Michael Bromwich, who was given the power to review and evaluate the tech company's compliance with an injunction related to an e-book price fixing...

German prosecutors on Wednesday charged an 88-year old German man, referred to in court documents as "Werner C," with involvement in a 1944 massacre that took place in Oradour-sur-Glane in central France. According to the prosecution, Warner C murdered...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday demanded that Louisiana state officials immediately release former Black Panther Albert Woodfox , who has been detained in solitary confinement since 1972 after being charged and convicted of fatally...

Cambodian police on Monday released five activists arrested earlier in the day for petitioning the French Embassy to release 23 demonstrators held for opposing the government's labor and political framework. The release was reportedly conditioned upon the demonstrators' collective...

Ukrainian demonstrators gathered in the streets of Kiev Saturday to protest President Viktor Yanukovich's decision to abandon the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement , a planned trade pact with the EU. According to media reports the...

China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Sunday announced plans to investigate Dai Chunning, deputy general manager of the state-owned China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) . According to media sources the investigation stems from Chunning's alleged...