The euro has pulled back from a four-year low against the dollar, although fears over the strength of the eurozone economy remain.
The Supreme Court for the first time put a broad constitutional limit on prison terms Monday, ruling it is cruel and unusual punishment to give a young criminal a life term in prison with no chance for parole for a crime that does not involve murder.
Reform of Nato is essential if the organisation is to be effective in meeting its responsibilities in the 21st Century, a panel of experts says.
Spain is hosting a series of political dialogues between European Union, Latin American and Caribbean nations this week. But analysts doubt they will suffice to move relations forward significantly.
A gay couple in Malawi who celebrated their union in a traditional engagement ceremony could be sentenced to up to 14 years of hard labor, according to lawyers familiar with the case.
A Shanghai court has rejected the appeals of three former Rio Tinto employees against their sentences for corruption.
Jamaica´s prime minister will not resign despite criticism of his efforts to protect a community leader in his west Kingston constituency who is wanted in the United States on drug and weapons trafficking charges, the governing party said Sunday.
Arizona tourists are biting back against San Diego for its city council´s decision to boycott the Grand Canyon State over its immigration law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer last month.
A row is brewing in the Philippines between the outgoing president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and the man set to become her successor, Benigno Aquino.
A British court late Monday granted an emergency injunction to British Airways, blocking plans for a strike by its cabin crew just hours before it was due to begin, the airline said.
The seemingly empathetic nurse struck up conversations over the Internet with people who were pondering suicide. She told them what methods worked best. She told some that it was all right to let go, that they would be better in heaven, and entered into suicide pacts with others.
A year ago, local Senior Judge Thomas Gallen penned a legal opinion that gave an inmate his chance to argue why a DNA test would prove his innocence.
Arizona’s recently-passed immigration law has drawn heated debate on both sides of the immigration issue, but there has been little focus on what economic impact illegal immigration has on border states – a phenomenon that’s likely larger than many people realize.
A man has admitted posing as a New York immigration lawyer and taking thousands of dollars from people who sought his help in getting visas and work and residency papers, the Manhattan district attorney’s office says.
Spain´s judicial authority on Friday suspended a high-profile judge who already faces trial for alleged abuse of power.
Full Internet service was restored to the vast western region of Xinjiang on Friday, 10 months after it was blocked following deadly ethnic rioting that convulsed the regional capital, Urumqi. The blockage was the longest and most widespread in China since the Internet became readily available throughout the country some years ago.
Stronger protection against bulk water exports from rivers and streams that cross the U.S.-Canada border was announced Thursday by the federal government.
A U.S. missionary should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, a prosecutor said Thursday on the first day of her trial.
German citizens are responsible for the security of their own private wireless connections, a court has ruled.
Facebook is facing another round of backlash about its privacy policies.
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