Spain's National Court on Tuesday sentenced two Somali pirates to 439 years in prison each for their involvement in the 2009 hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Somalia. Pirates Cabdiweli Cabdullahi...
The Indiana House of Representatives on Thursday voted 64-32 to approve a bill considered to be a "watered-down" version of the Arizona immigration bill . The amended bill proposes to...
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to decide whether crosses placed beside highways as memorials to deceased Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) troopers is an...
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday indicted former Croat soldier Miroslav Anic for war crimes against Bosnian Muslim civilians allegedly committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian civil war . The indictment...
The lawyer for alleged Nazi concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk requested Wednesday that Demjanjuk's trial for accomplice to murder be suspended in order to investigate an Associated Press report stating that a recently...
Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday to demand the prosecution of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak , his family, and members of his regime. The protests reveal Egyptians' growing frustration with the...
A Somali pirate was sentenced by the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday to 25 years in prison for attacking a Danish ship off the coast of Somalia in 2008,...
The Iowa House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would prohibit doctors from performing late-term abortions in the state. The bill, which was prompted by Nebraska's decision to ban abortions performed...
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to review a B.C. Court of Appeal decision allowing a challenge to the country's anti-prostitution laws. The appeals court had set aside a lower court ruling ...
Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon on Thursday filed a petition with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , challenging a case brought against him in Spain that alleges abuse...
