Srebrenica commander faces verdict before UN court
The Yugoslav war crimes court will hand down its verdict against Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir on genocide charges for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
Strauss-Kahn strikes secret deal to end US sex case
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday agreed a financial settlement with a New York hotel maid who had accused him of sexual assault.
Kazakh guard sentenced to life for mass border killing
A court in Kazakhstan Tuesday sentenced a border guard to life in prison for murdering 14 fellow servicemen in a mysterious May massacre in the remote Tian Shan mountains.
Settlement expected in Strauss-Kahn sex-case with maid
Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF chief and onetime French presidential hopeful, are headed to court Monday hoping to close the books on the New York sex scandal that destroyed his stellar career.
Software pioneer McAfee seeks return to United States
US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Sunday that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States.
Supreme Court to take up issue of gay marriage
The US Supreme Court on Friday decided to take up the sensitive issue of gay marriage, hearing challenges to a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples and California's ban on such unions.
Italian court rules against presidential wire-tap: reports
Italy's highest court has accepted a complaint over the wire-tapping of the president as part of an inquiry into negotiations between state officials and the Mafia.
US court gives Argentina new break on debt payment
A New York appeals court on Tuesday rejected a motion by hedge funds to force Argentina to make a security deposit as Buenos Aires seeks to overturn an order that it repay $1.3 billion to holders of defaulted bonds.
Kazhegeldin wants to take anti-Aliyev case to European Court of Human Rights if Maltese police fails to investigate
Akezhan Kazhegeldin and his two bodyguards promised to seek justice in the European Court of Human Rights if Maltese law-enforcement authorities do not initiate a case against Rakhat Aliyev.
Strauss-Kahn settles with sex 'assault' maid: reports
Disgraced former IMF chief and would-be French president Dominique Strauss-Kahn will settle out of court with a Manhattan maid who accused him of sexual assault, ending a sordid 18-month legal saga.
French court to deliver final ruling on Concorde crash
A French court will Thursday deliver a final verdict on who was to blame for the July, 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that left 113 people dead and led to the supersonic jet being taken out of service.
French court to rule on Strauss-Kahn pimping probe
A French court will Wednesday rule on whether to drop pimping charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the last sex crime case against him in France.
WikiLeaks suspect may speak at pre-trial hearing
The US soldier accused of slipping a cache of classified documents to WikiLeaks is expected to take the stand for the first time during a new round of pre-trial hearings that began Tuesday.
French right close to collapse after talks fail
France's main right-wing opposition party was close to collapse on Monday after talks failed to resolve a bitter leadership dispute and an ex-prime minister vowed to take the battle to the courts.
London's High Court ordered Ablyazov to pay $2 billion
London’s High Court has made a ruling against Mukhtar Ablyazov in two $2 billion civil lawsuits of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank.
MP hopes for objective ruling on Kazakhstan opposition media
Kazakhstan MP Aigul Solovyova expressed her opinion on the lawsuit to ban opposition media in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's office denies filing lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
The said blog-platforms and social networks are not defendants in the lawsuits of Almaty prosecutors against Respublika and Vzglyad magazines: representative.
UN court to rule on fate of Croatia's 'war hero'
The UN Yugoslav war crimes court rules Friday on the appeal of Croatian ex-general Ante Gotovina.
Alleged Batman shooter 'injures head' in jail
A judge agreed to delay a court hearing for alleged US cinema shooter James Holmes after the 24-year-old was hospitalized, having reportedly rammed his head into a wall.
Vinokourov will go to court over his 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory
Vinokourov is going to file a law suit against the magazines that accused him of bribing Alexandre Kolobnev into ceding the victory.