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The court decided that the use of the drug does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.

Paris authorities have arrested two Uber executives for operating an illegal taxi company in France along with concealing documents.

The South China Sea rivals have clashed again after a prominent Chinese General said that Tokyo's military forces were not welcome in the region.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision will require the EPA to review and reanalyze landmark standards and consider the cost regulations will impose on power producers.

At stake are wages for more than 150,000 workers -- and pay practices in a pillar of the modern service economy.

Following the legalization of same-sex marriage across the U.S., a state-run editorial says China won't be following suit anytime soon.

Christians had until Eid al-Fitr, the festival at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, to leave, the message reportedly said.

"It builds on the anti-Semitism that's already out there and compounds that aggression..." said Stephen Lever to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Soyuz rocket will launch for the ISS on July 3 after Elon Musk's vehicle exploded.

The attacks took place using weapons banned under the Minsk II agreement, underlining concerns that the conflict could get worse.

The new ships will essentially look like German ships, but be equipped with Israeli systems.

The communist county's once lucrative methamphetamine market is struggling to stay afloat amid tightening borders.

The number of people applying to Russia’s command academies was the highest it has ever been.

The chairman of the Nigeria's Christian Association said same-sex marriage was evil and should remain illegal.

Foreign preachers will be deported and their mosques will be shut down if they incite hatred, a French minister said.

Georgia will “regulate its relationship with Russia through constructive and pragmatic dialogue,” the Georgian prime minister said.

In April, prosecutor Alison Saunders had said that because Lord Greville Janner had dementia, it was not in the public interest to charge him.

The penalty for shooting down an unmanned aerial vehicle could someday be as much as 20 years behind bars.

Chinese activists say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage has led to unprecedented debate in both traditional and social media — but has provoked strong criticism too.

Russia’s new Yu-71 hypersonic missile is said to have a maximum speed of about 7,000 mph.

A default by Greece would set in motion events that could lead to the country's exit from the euro currency bloc.

A senior police officer reportedly said that Hisham Barakat, who was wounded in the attack, was "in good condition."

The teenager was in a critical condition when he was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries from a shark attack Saturday.

An investigative report alleges that the Calabrian Mafia has infiltrated the Australian government at its highest levels.

Protesters have boycotted the elections after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would run for a third term.

The founding of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has become something of an embarrassment for the U.S., which announced early on that it would not be joining.

Video footage showed a mob, in the state of Bihar, beating the school official with sticks and kicking him in the face.

The flotilla is part of a series of protests against Israel's nine-year blockade of Hamas-dominated Gaza.

A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque in Kuwait’s capital on Friday, killing 27 people and injuring over 200 others.