Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on three charges of corruption and fraud on Sunday after a lengthy period of accusations following his resignation from government a year ago. He is the...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy was negligent in completing an accurate investigation of the death of a protester at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa . The...
Iran on Tuesday began the trials of more reformers accused of attempting to overthrow the government in a "velvet revolution" following the disputed June 12 presidential election . This trial is the fourth of its...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) revoked the membership of the former vice-president of the Supreme People's Court on Friday, following a graft and corruption investigation. Huang Songyou, who was originally appointed to the Supreme People's Court...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Yahoo is not required to pay royalties for songs played over Internet radio. Several recording companies, all owned by Sony Corp, originally sued...
A judge in the US District Court for the District of South Dakota issued a ruling Thursday clarifying what doctors in South Dakota are required to tell women seeking an abortion before performing the procedure,...
Residents of Standish, Michigan, held a town meeting Thursday to protest the possible transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the state prison in the town. The town meeting was organized by local citizens and centered around...
Tunisia continues to commit hundreds of human rights abuses despite previous vows to cease, according to a report published Thursday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details the arrest, torture, and detention of...
Judge Reggie Walton of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling Wednesday that severely curtails the federal government's ability to use hearsay evidence in trials against Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
The UN Environment Programme , meeting in Geneva on Saturday, decided to add nine chemicals to its list of banned chemicals under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) . Not all the added...
