Ministers took the unusual step of recalling parliament from its Easter recess to sit on Saturday to pass the legislation. It is the first time this has happened in more than 40 years.

Sharemarkets have plunged yet again after the White House clarified that China's tariff rate is actually 145%, and the ...

April 9 (UPI) --Three Americans will serve life sentences in the United States ... and mostly, controlled by Chinese firms. Boulos, who is also father-in-law to Tiffany Trump, daughter of ...

The government hopes to pass a law that would allow it to "take control" of the Scunthorpe steel plant and prevent its ...

When Joseph Grodin was a state Supreme Court justice 40 years ago, the court was a political lightning rod — at least for its rulings on criminal cases, particularly the death penalty. In 1986, Grodin ...

President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs on countries around the world, including a 104 percent increase in duties on China ...

Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his ...

China has promised to take “resolute and effective measures” to safeguard its rights and interests, hours after US President ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office is seeking life without the possibility of parole for Jackson Hopper, the man who allegedly shot and killed his ex-girlfriend ...

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina, who has been wrongfully detained in Russia for more than a year, is on her way back to the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed early ...

In some cases, a court could also order the sequestration (confiscation) of a defendant's assets for contempt. Sentences for contempt vary considerably, as highlighted by VHS Fletchers. For example, ...