United States recognizes Somali governmentThe United States has officially recognized the Somali government in Mogadishu after more than two decades.12:25 18.01.2013
U.S. verdict on Schneersohn collection has no legal value, Foreign MinistryThe Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that the verdict of the U.S. court on the Schneersohn collection is provocative, and null and void. Russia has been fined for not complying with the earlier verdict which ordered the country to transfer Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn's collection of books and manuscripts to Chabad, an American Hasidic movement.14:17 17.01.2013
Obama suspends sanction that would allow US citizens to sue Cuban companiesPresident Barack Obama has suspended the operation of part of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Helms-Burton) Act for six months.12:43 17.01.2013
US court orders Russia to pay $50k per day until it returns religious booksThe US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the Russian government to pay $50,000 per day until it returns to the Hassidic community a massive collection of historic books seized during the process of Soviet nationalization.11:45 17.01.2013
US Supreme Court holds that houseboat is house, not boatThe US Supreme Court held Tuesday that for legal purposes, a houseboat is a house, not a boat. In so holding, the court reversed by a 7-2 majority the decisions of two lower federal courts, both of which had categorized the plaintiff's houseboat as a vessel.11:24 17.01.2013
Obama presents sweeping gun reform plan in Sandy Hook's bloody aftermathUS President Barrack Obama presented a comprehensive plan Wednesday aimed at curbing gun violence in the aftermath of the second-deadliest school shooting in US history – a massacre which claimed the lives of 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last month.10:12 17.01.2013
Russian man loses pseudo Google domain nameThe US National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has ruled that the google-play-market.com domain shall be transferred from Russian national Gennady Bystrykh to Google.11:38 16.01.2013
Carnival, et al. move to dismiss US Costa Concordia suitCarnival Corporation and co-defendants on Monday filed to dismiss for forum non conveniens a civil case arising from 2012’s deadly Costa Concordia cruise ship crash off the coast of Italy, which was launched in a federal district court in Illinois.17:16 15.01.2013
UTICo seeks review of $18.3 million case against TymoshenkoThe Universal Trading & Investment Co. (UTICo) has asked a U.S. federal court to review the $18.3 million lawsuit against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.17:04 15.01.2013
Tensions soar as US strives to balance gun rights, safety in Newtown’s aftermathAs US Vice President Joe Biden evokes graphic images of small children “riddled with bullet holes” while lobbying for change in the aftermath of December’s Newtown massacre, guns and ammunition are flying off the shelves across the nation amidst mounting fears of sweeping legislative reform.19:10 12.01.2013
Prokhorov's RBC sued by US partners in New YorkBidontheCity, a US-based property sales website, and Global Advertising Strategies, an international marketing agency, have filed suit in New York against the Russian media holding, RosBusinessConsulting (RBC), and its board members, including CEO Sergei Lavrukhin11:48 11.01.2013
Viktor Bout's former business partner under arrestU.S. and Syrian citizen Richard Chichakli, former business partner of Russian entrepreneur Viktor Bout, has been arrested in Australia at the United States' request, reads the statement issued by Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.10:42 11.01.2013
Pipeline adoptions hang in the balance as Russia, US dispute adoption ban protocolRussia’s ban on the adoption of its orphans by American citizens was fast-tracked in the aftermath of the US decision to impose sanctions against certain Russian individuals believed to have violated human rights in the context of the 2009 death of attorney Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow pre-trial detention center.17:06 10.01.2013
Adoption agreement with U.S. no longer effective - Foreign MinistryThe adoption agreement with the United States is no longer in effect and attempts to misrepresent Moscow's position on the issue are unacceptable, reads a comment posted by the Foreign Ministry on its website.12:58 10.01.2013
Russian bank swindler sentenced to three years in USA US court sentenced on Friday a Russian national convicted of orchestrating a cyber-fraud scheme targeting US consumers and banks to three years in prison.19:20 05.01.2013
Transocean to pay US $1.4 bln fine over Gulf of Mexico oil spillOffshore oil and gas drilling company Transocean has agreed to pay the US $1.4 billion over the 2010 environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.12:25 04.01.2013
Russian citizen found guilty of 2002 double murder in USA jury found Russian citizen Yury Solovyev guilty of murdering two businessmen in the United States in 2002.13:07 29.12.2012
US adoptions banned over child protection matters - Russian FMThe Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated inadequate legal protection in the face of numerous abuse cases as one of the reasons why Americans were banned from adopting Russian children.11:16 29.12.2012
Putin signs law on banning US adoptions of Russian kidsPresident Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill barring U.S. citizens from adopting children from Russia, the law will come into effect on January 1, 2013.13:56 28.12.2012
Russian bank swindler to be sentenced on January 4 in the USRussian citizen Vladimir Zdorovenin, accused of defrauding U.S. citizens and U.S. banks, to be sentenced on January 4, 2013. His sentencing has been postponed several times at the request of defense attorney.11:43 28.12.2012