The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Monday. In Madigan v. Levin the court was asked to decide whether age discrimination claimants can circumvent the Age Discrimination...

Japan's Kyoto District Court on Monday ordered a group of activists to pay 12 million yen (USD $120,000) to a Korean elementary school for holding anti-Korean demonstrations that disrupted classes and frightened children. The rallies took place between December...

Four Saudi Arabian women became the first female lawyers to receive legal licenses Sunday, permitting the women to practice law for five years. Women with law degrees had been able to work as legal consultants but were banned from...

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood filed a lawsuit Monday appealing a court verdict ordering the interim government to seize the group's assets. The decision by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters handed down September...

The investigation into allegations that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy exploited L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt into donating illicit election campaign funds has been dropped, according to Monday reports. Bettencourt's accountant...

The Nigerian Socio-Economic and Rights Accountability Project announced Sunday that it has filed a petition with the International Criminal Court (ICC) urging it to investigate school attacks resulting in the deaths of teachers and students...

A Greek court on Monday found former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos guilty of money laundering. The court also rendered guilty verdicts against 16 of Tsochatzopoulos's co-defendants, including his wife, ex-wife and daughter. The charges against...

Voters in Ireland on Saturday rejected a constitutional amendment that would have abolished the country's Senate , dealing a defeat to Prime Minister Enda Kenny . Kenny had personally campaigned for the amendment , saying that...

A team of disarmament experts from the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Sunday began overseeing the destruction by the Syrian government, and will verify that the process is...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a collection of legislation centered on immigration on Saturday. AB 4, 35 and 1159 create limitations, restrictions, and obligations for those involved in immigration services and compliance...