A U.S. military judge angrily cut off a defense lawyer who tried to discuss torture on Monday during a debate on whether courtroom attendance was mandatory for five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Alex Salmond, the Scottish first minister, ended months of preliminary sparring on Monday, formally agreeing to the terms for a referendum on independence for Scotland that could dismantle the sometimes uneasy and often uneven partnership between their lands since the Act of Union in 1707.
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has rejected claims by four Nigerian farmers that it should pay compensation for damage to their land.
Singer Danielle Spencer is expected to pick up tens of millions of pounds following her split from her Oscar-winning actor husband Russell Crowe, it was revealed on Monday.
Russia, the world´s second-largest cigarette market after China, plans ´harsh´ anti-smoking rules.
A man who preserved semen while he battled cancer — a disease that eventually took his life — and bequeathed it to his wife did not necessarily intend to become a parent and qualify his offspring for Social Security benefits , the Utah Supreme Court said Friday.
The producers of "Rebecca -- The Musical" were defrauded by Mark Hotton, a businessman and stockbroker who allegedly concocted the prospect of $4.5 million in financing commitments to collect undeserved commissions, U.S. prosecutors said.
An Essex County jury on Friday awarded $16.3 million to an Irvington High School student who was left paralyzed from a bathroom beating.
A woman who beat her two-year-old daughter and glued her hands to a wall has been sentenced to 99 years in prison.
Brazilian marines and paramilitary police have stormed one of Rio´s most notorious shantytowns, as the city cleans up ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Soda makers, restaurateurs and other businesses sued Friday to try to block the city´s unprecedented move to restrict sales of super-sized, sugary drinks, an effort the city called a coup for public health but the industry views as unfair and undemocratic.
Pre-trial hearing could result in Francesco Schettino sent to trial next year accused of manslaughter and abandoning ship.
Three top aides of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva´s have been convicted of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress.
Germany´s cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday protecting the right to circumcise infant boys, which it says will end months of legal uncertainty after a local court banned the practice, causing outrage among Muslims and Jews.
France on Wednesday named October 31 as the date when a draft law authorising gay marriage will be approved by government ministers, amid mounting opposition to the proposed legislation.
An Egyptian court has acquitted 24 former officials who were accused of sending men on camels and horses to break up a protest in Cairo in 2011.
There´s a decent chance that the conservative-leaning court could strike down affirmative-action admissions policies at public universities.
For more than a year, the Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a broad antitrust investigation into the way Google runs its Internet search and search advertising businesses. But in recent months it has added another investigation into Google´s competitive behavior.
Walt Disney Co. and other movie and TV studios asked a federal judge to rule that the file-sharing website Lime Wire LLC and its founder, Mark Gorton, induced people to illegally download shows and films without payment.
Sentence for Russian punk band member Yekaterina Samutsevich suspended but two others stay in jail.
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