The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday issued summonses for six Kenyan citizens believed to be responsible for post-election violence in 2007 that resulted in more than 1,000...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that e-mail is entitled to Fourth Amendment protection. The 98-page opinion overturned the prison sentence of Steven Warshak, the founder of Berkeley...
Former Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader was arrested in Austria on Friday pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by Croatia. Sanader, who was elected to parliament after he stepped down from the prime minister position in 2009, stands accused...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in three cases related to the duty of generic drug manufacturers to list possible side effects on the labels of medicines they produce. The...
The trial of eight men accused of killing Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) human rights activist Floribert Chebeya began in the capital city of Kinshasa on Friday. The eight accused men are all DRC policemen, but...
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday declined to rule on a local ordinance banning the hiring, harboring or renting of property to illegal immigrants . The US District Court for the District of...
The US government's human rights record came under criticism Friday during the country's first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . Among the criticisms leveled at the US were the treatment...
Voters in California, Arizona, South Dakota and Oregon on Tuesday rejected a range of marijuana-based propositions, including legalization in California and medical marijuana initiatives in South Dakota and Arizona. In California, Proposition 19 , which was defeated by...
The Myanmar Supreme Court on Friday heard the final appeal filed by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi challenging the extension of her house arrest. The hearing comes two weeks before Suu Kyi's house...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced Thursday that CVS Pharmacy has agreed to pay a $75 million fine for sales of pseudoephedrine to individuals who used that compound to produce methamphetamine [NIDA...
