The government of Scotland announced Thursday it has published a draft bill for a second referendum that would give the country the opportunity to consider independence from the UK. The government explained the move was made to...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that a website operator is legally permitted to store visitors' Internet protocol addresses (IP addresses) because they have a legitimate interest in protecting themselves against cyber attacks. Under EU...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that Germany's price floor for prescription drugs violates free trade. Germany currently has a statutory scheme for medical insurance in which patients pay some out of pocket for...

A court in Iran on Tuesday sentenced two US citizens to 10 years in prison following convictions on charges that they spied and "cooperated" with the US. Siamak Namazi, a businessman, and his elderly father, Baquer Namazi, both have...

A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of bribing witnesses in his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for war crimes. On Wednesday The Hague-based court found Jean-Pierre Bemba...

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report Tuesday finding that the July attack on a peaceful demonstration in the nation's capital directly targeted civilians. The report focuses on the "planning and preparedness" of security forces...

Iraqi government and paramilitary forces are committing serious human rights abuses and war crimes, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report Tuesday. AI claims that both the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government...

Burundi's vote last week to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) elicited concern from The Hague on Tuesday. President of the ICC's governing body Sidiki Kaba stated that such a withdrawal "represent a setback in the...

The Venezuela Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled on Monday that a referendum to unseat President Nicolas Maduro will require his opponents to collect signatures from 20 percent of voters in each of...

A Croatian prosecutor on Tuesday charged eight ex-Yugoslav military officers, including commander Borislav Djukic, with war crimes perpetrated during the Croatian War of Independence . Croatia split from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, and the nations...