The Supreme Court of Thailand ruled 103-4 Wednesday to deny an appeal by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra contesting the seizure of his assets. Thaksin filed the appeal in March after the...

The Supreme Court of Mexico ruled 9-2 Tuesday that same-sex marriages performed in Mexico City must be recognized nationwide. The court found that although Mexico's 31 states are not required to allow...

The American Bar Association (ABA) on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on state and local governments to legalize same-sex marriage . The resolution was adopted at the ABA annual meeting held...

The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Tuesday selected US district judge Carl Barbier to hear more than 300 lawsuits filed against British Petroleum (BP) in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday called for the Taliban and other insurgent groups in Afghanistan to be tried for war crimes for targeting civilians. The statement was released following the 2010 Mid-Year Report...

The South Korean National Police Agency (SKNPA) raided the Google South Korean headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday morning in connection with accusations that the company has been illegally acquiring user data. Representatives from...

The opposition Scottish Labour Party called Tuesday for the publication of all medical evidence related to the release of convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi . The demand comes...

The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr began Tuesday with jury selection, despite international criticism of the proceedings. Khadr pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and terrorism...

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday apologized to South Korea for Japan's 20th-century colonization of the Korean peninsula. The statement was timed to coincide with the anniversaries of the 1910 annexation of the peninsula and...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on governments to work to improve the human rights conditions of the world's indigenous peoples. The statement, made on the International Day of World's Indigenous People , urged...