Thailand's deputy junta leader has accused three police officers of helping sneak ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra out of the country last month, a vanishing act that stunned the kingdom. Yingluck, whose government was toppled by the military in 2014, has not been seen since Aug. ...
A woman and her husband are suing Juntendo University Hospital in Tokyo for ¥140 million in damages, claiming the wife suffered a uterine rupture and a stillbirth after she was administered drugs without her consent during delivery using anesthesia to reduce the pain, their ...
If someone tells you they flushed more than a hundred grand down the toilet, chances are they're referring figuratively to a bad investment, or an outrageous extravagance. But in Switzerland, prosecutors have opened an investigation into why two people literally tried to cram about €100,000 ...
Three advocacy groups sued the federal government Thursday to block construction of a border wall with Mexico, alleging that the Trump administration overstepped its authority by waiving environmental reviews and other laws. The Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife and Animal Legal Defense Fund seek to ...
The public should not be forced to pay to walk on Germany's beaches or swim in the sea, a federal court ruled, calling into question private beaches along the North and Baltic Sea coasts. The coastal town of Wangerland, 170 km (100 miles) west of ...
A Taiwanese pro-democracy activist pleaded guilty Monday to subverting state power in China's first criminal prosecution of a nonprofit worker since Beijing passed a law tightening controls over foreign nongovernmental organizations. Lee Ming-che's supporters, though, quickly said he had been forced to confess to crimes ...
A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president's travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to ...
Australians are set to vote on legalizing same-sex marriage, potentially ending years of political stalemate, after the nation's highest court Thursday threw out two challenges to a voluntary postal ballot. There is popular support for changes to the marriage laws, but the issue has dragged ...
An unprecedented change in Wisconsin law that would send challenges to Foxconn Technology Group's plant straight to the conservative-controlled state Supreme Court would hand the company an advantage nobody else doing business in the state enjoys, legal experts said Wednesday. Republicans on the Legislature's budget-writing ...
Europe's top rights court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Romanian man fired by his employer over private messages sent at work, overturning a previous decision with wide ramifications for privacy in the workplace. The apex body of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ...
One possible explanation for the inexplicable change in contract law: It is a giant experiment driven by academic hubris and bureaucratic ambition.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary after it overturned his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished poll commission. While repeating his assertion that he respected the Supreme Court decision, a bellicose Kenyatta set the stage for a ...
