Beijing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court Monday sentenced US geologist Xue Feng to eight years in prison for collecting intelligence and illegally providing state secrets. Xue was also fined 200,000 yuan. The court stated that Xue received...

Three administrative law judges with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board have denied a request by the Obama administration and the US Department of Energy (DOE) to...

The US territory of American Samoa on Saturday concluded a constitutional convention in which delegates considered proposed changes to the territory's 1967 constitution that would shift authority from the federal...

A Syrian military court Sunday sentenced lawyer and activist Haitham Maleh to three years in prison for campaigning against the emergency rule under which Syria has been governed since 1963 . Defense lawyers for Maleh said...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a redacted opinion Thursday holding that evidence against Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Belkacem Bensaya must be reviewed to determine if...

Hundreds of Spaniards gathered outside Spain's Constitutional Court in Madrid Saturday to protest recently approved changes to the country's abortion laws. Demonstrators representing roughly 60 anti-abortion organizations , including Right to...

Suspected Nazi collaborator Charles Zentai won an appeal on Friday in the Federal Court of Australia denying a request from the Hungarian government to extradite the now-Australian citizen in order to stand trial in Hungary for war...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in two judgments Thursday that under EU law a pregnant worker temporarily transferred or granted leave on account of her pregnancy is entitled to pay [judgments,...

US President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday imposing a new round of sanctions on Iran for failure to disband the nation's uranium enrichment program. Under the new legislation, sanctions will be imposed against parties investing...

The Chicago City Council on Friday unanimously approved an ordinance placing new regulations on handgun ownership within the city. Under the new ordinance , citizens possessing handguns must keep them inside their homes. The gun owners...