GERMAN ETHICS COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCEST BETWEEN SIBLINGS TO BE LEGALISED BY GOVERNMENT

In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›

TED CRUZ IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT

Ted Cruz R-Tex. is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States... READ MORE›

BP TO PAY A?12BN FOR GULF OIL SPILL

BP has reached an 18.7bn 12bn settlement with the US Department of Justice DoJ following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill... READ MORE›

JITTERS IN TECH WORLD OVER NEW CHINESE SECURITY LAW

Segal added that one recourse would be to argue through the World Trade Organization that what China considers national security concerns are not valid... READ MORE›

PISTORIUS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER BY APPEALS COURT

Mr. Pistorius was released from prison in October after serving about one year of his five-year sentence... READ MORE›

EGYPT SENTENCES AL JAZEERA JOURNALISTS TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON

Mr. Fahmy, who holds Canadian citizenship, could still be deported under the same decree, but Mr. Mohamed, an Egyptian citizen, would not be eligible... READ MORE›

TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS COUNTY CLERKS CAN REFUSE GAY COUPLES

Supreme Court ruling requiring states to allow same-sex marriage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Sunday... READ MORE›

U.S. TOP COURT BACKS OBAMACARE, PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S HERE TO STAY

The Obama administration said 16.4 million previously uninsured people have gained health insurance since the law was enacted... READ MORE›

FORMER BLACK PANTHER FREED AFTER 43 YEARS IN US PRISON

An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›

COURT LACKS MORAL AUTHORITY TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE

Rather, this ruling, like the abortion ruling, all but ensures America will not achieve broad social consensus on same-sex marriage... READ MORE›

BALTIMORE GRAND JURY INDICTS SIX OFFICERS IN FREDDIE GRAY'S DEATH

Rice, a lieutenant who initiated a chase with Gray, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment... READ MORE›

AL-JAZEERA JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON BY EGYPTIAN COURT

Peter Greste convicted in absentia Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed found guilty of operating without press licence and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt... READ MORE›

MEXICAN HIGH COURT OPENS DOOR TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana legalization bills are being debated in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, the group said... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL SHOWDOWN ON ABORTION AT THE SUPREME COURT

Meanwhile, Texas law does not require these same staffing and equipment standards for clinics that perform procedures with far higher complication rates, like colonoscopies... READ MORE›

JUDGE ORDERS BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER TO PAY $100M TO VICTIMS

U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›

NEW HEARING BEGINS IN IRAN FOR WASHINGTON POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN

Rezaian 39 is accused of engaging in espionage on behalf of the United States government and conducting activities against Iran IRNA reported... READ MORE›

JUDGE AARON PERSKY UNDER FIRE FOR SENTENCING IN STANFORD RAPE CASE

Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... READ MORE›

OBAMA CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT

In March, Obama called the Voting RIghts Act one of the crowning achievements of our democracy... READ MORE›

CHINA RANKS LAST OF 65 NATIONS IN INTERNET FREEDOM

BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›

U.S. COURT HANDS WIN TO NSA OVER METADATA COLLECTION

Larry Klayman, the conservative lawyer who challenged the program, said he would appeal to the Supreme Court... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TRIAL

So when she was called to give evidence against her mother in the supreme court, Emma was a reliable witness... READ MORE›

FOOD THEFT IN ITALY MAY NOT BE A CRIME COURT RULES

Mr. Colombo, the former member of the Supreme Court of Cassation, said he believed that the decision in the Ostriakov case was correct... READ MORE›

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULING FACES RELIGIOUS RIGHTS BATTLE IN TEXAS

Supreme Court ruling a new battle for same-sex marriage erupted in Texas where government leaders asserted their citizens religious liberties trumped the individual right to marry... READ MORE›

FORMER PRESIDENT OF CHAD CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES

Others testified about relatives who had disappeared, and former prisoners described being wounded after their limbs were tied behind their backs... READ MORE›

Related Stories Torture is still rife in Mexico and is routinely used to extract confessions, according to a new report by human rights organisation Amnesty International... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA APPOINTS PROSECUTOR LORETTA LYNCH AS FIRST BLACK FEMALE US ATTORNEY GENERAL

President Barack Obama has appointed federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as the first black woman to hold the position of US attorney general, he will announce today... READ MORE›

POST CORRESPONDENT JASON REZAIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM IN IRAN

But in announcing a conviction in October, Iranian authorities did not provide any details of the verdict... READ MORE›

'SIX MONTHS? REALLY?': LEGAL EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON SENTENCE IN STANFORD SEX ASSAULT CASE

Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›

HILLARY CLINTON, ELLEN DEGENERES OFFER ONLINE SUPPORT FOR GAY CHILD

Ellen Degeneres came out publicly on the cover of Time magazine... READ MORE›

CHARLESTON CHURCH GUNMAN DYLANN ROOF BOUGHT PISTOL LOCALLY

For all these reasons, law enforcement officials say, the sale of the gun to Dylann Roof was legal... READ MORE›