Vietnam has urged ]statement, in Vietnamese] the international tribunal in The Hague to deliver a "fair and objective" ruling concerning Philippines' challenge to China's expansive claims in the South China Sea. Two days after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)...
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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Muhammed Fethullah Gulen, a prominent Muslim cleric and rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , saying the court...
In a unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected a settlement agreement between retailers and credit card issuers. Millions of retailers had reached a $7.25 billion antitrust settlement [NYT...
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday in Mathis v. United States that a prior crime can be used for imposing enhanced federal sentences in a new conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act...
The US Supreme Court ruled 7-1 Thursday in Birchfield v. North Dakota that governments can require suspected drunk drivers to undergo breath tests without first obtaining a warrant, but cannot require them to take...
A group of independent UN human rights experts urged India on Thursday to repeal a law increasingly being used to obstruct civilian access to foreign funding. This news comes in the wake of a six-month suspension on the...
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday declassified 50 documents related to its detention and Interrogation program pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This several hundred-page release covers internal CIA...
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 Thursday in Dietz v. Bouldin that federal district courts have "the inherent power to rescind a jury discharge order and recall a jury for further deliberations" in a...
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stated on Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against anyone in MI6 for its involvement in the movement and alleged ill treatment of Abdel Hakim Belhadj ,...
The Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad, India, convicted 24 individuals on Thursday of murder and other charges related to the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the state of Gujarat in which hundreds of Muslims were killed. The riots, which...
