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Gurtel scandal: Spain’s Health Minister Ana Mato resigns over illegal payments accusation
The Spanish health minister, Ana Mato, has resigned after a judge accused her of benefitting from illegal payments. The minister’s ex-husband, Jesus Sepulveda, was found...
ObamaCare: Supreme Court to review second legal challenge
A second legal challenge to President Barack Obama's signature 2010 healthcare law (ObamaCare) will be reviewed by the Supreme Court, the court has said. The...
MH370: First legal case filed in Malaysia over missing plane
Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government are being sued by two children whose father, Jee Jing Hang, was on MH370 flight that disappeared on...
Kaci Hickox: Ebola nurse to be discharged from quarantine after threatening legal action
Nurse Kaci Hickox, who was quarantined in New Jersey after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, will be discharged after threatening legal action over...
Justin Bieber illegally drives Can-Am Spyder on sidewalk to avoid Beverly Hills traffic
Justin Bieber was caught riding his three-wheeled Can-Am Spyder down the sidewalk on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills on August 21. The 20-year-old singer was...
Sierra Leone: Hiding Ebola patients is illegal
Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to pass a new amendment to its health act, imposing possible jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient. Hiding...
Apple and Samsung agree to withdraw all legal cases outside US
Tech giants Apple and Samsung have agreed to withdraw all patent suits against each other outside the US. The two rivals have sued each other...
Helmut Kohl wins legal battle to keep 200 historic tapes
Helmut Kohl has won a legal battle to keep 200 tapes recording his political life. A court in Cologne ruled against Helmut Kohl's former ghost-writer,...
Kanye West wins legal case against online currency Coinye West
Kanye West has won the legal case against the online currency named after him, Coinye West, after a judge issued a default ruling in...
Rick Perry deploys 1,000 National Guard troops to border to stop illegal immigrants
Texas Governor Rick Perry is sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the US border with Mexico to protect against what he described as criminals,...
Casey Kasem funeral: Legal wrangle amongst family members delays burial
A legal wrangle amongst DJ Casey Kasem’s family has delayed the radio legend's burial a month after his death. A Washington state judge granted a...
Bolivia lowers age of legal child workers to 10
Bolivia has passed a law allowing children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed. The...
GSK China scandal: Corporate investigator Peter Humphrey charged with illegally obtaining private information
British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Ying Zeng, an American national, have been charged with illegally obtaining private information in GSK China...
Nicki Minaj asks Atlanta judge to dismiss Terrence Davidson’s $30 million legal claim
Nicki Minaj has asked a federal judge in Atlanta to dismiss a $30 million legal claim against her by her former wig designer, Terrence...
Sherri Shepherd files her own legal docs for divorce after Lamar Sally filed his own docs
Sherri Shepherd has filed for divorce from Lamar Sally after he first filed for legal separation on May 2, TMZ reports. Sherri Shepherd has...
Kenya legalizes polygamy
President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a bill legalizing polygamy in Kenya. The new bill brings civil law, where a man was only allowed...
Miller Matthew Todd: North Korea detains American tourist over gross violation of legal order
North Korea announced on Friday it had detained 24-year-old American tourist Miller Matthew Todd earlier in April for what it said was "a gross...
Ukraine rejects Russia gas price hike and threatens legal action
Ukraine has rejected Russia's Gazprom gas price hike and threatened legal action. Ukraine's interim PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Moscow's hikes were a form of "economic...
Turkey Twitter ban illegal, constitutional court rules
Turkey's Twitter ban violates freedom of expression and individual rights, the country's constitutional court has ruled. The court also said that last month's ban must...
UN declares Crimea referendum illegal
In a new resolution, the UN General Assembly has declared the Moscow-backed referendum that led to Russia's annexation of Crimea as illegal. The move comes...
Crimea: US and EU join Ukraine to condemn illegal referendum
The US and EU have joined Ukraine's new government in condemning as "illegal" the Crimean referendum to endorse joining Russia. The EU, meeting in Brussels,...
Turkey: Anti-government prosecutors illegally tapped thousands of phones
Turkish pro-government media have claimed a group of anti-government prosecutors have illegally wiretapped thousands of prominent figures. Targets reportedly included government ministers and business leaders. The...
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird author settles legal action against Monroeville museum
Nelle Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird, has settled legal action against The Monroe County Heritage Museum in her Alabama hometown, which...
South Africa: Trapped illegal miners arrested after escape
Ten illegal gold miners have been arrested after emerging from an old South African mine, with more still underground. Some of the men came out...
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