The Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday began an inquiry into allegations against former French president Jacques Chirac and his prime minister Dominique de Villepin over the receipt of millions of dollars from African leaders....
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requiring individuals to...
The US Senate Thursday voted 89-9 to approve legislation to amend the US patent system for the first time since 1952. The America Invents Act , sponsored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R)...
Telecom giant AT&T filed a response Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia to the antitrust lawsuit initiated against it by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . The DOJ...
The US House of Representatives Friday voted 384-14 to pass a bill authorizing appropriations for intelligence activities for the next year after removing two provisions under a veto threat from the Obama Administration. The...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to disclose docket information of certain cases in which the DOJ used cell phone...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized Sri Lanka's investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during its 26-year civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and urged the UN to conduct...
At least 88 individuals have been killed while in custody as a result of their participation in the ongoing protests in Syria, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Wednesday. All of the victims were...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Tuesday blocked several provisions of a new Texas law that restricts abortion practices and requires a doctor to...
Saudi Arabian officials on Saturday proposed amendments to the draft anti-terrorism law that received much criticism from human rights groups. A spokesperson for the Shura Council confirmed that the draft of the Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes...
