The Russian State Duma voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a measure that would suspend the nation's responsibilities under the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty . The Russian government first threatened to temporarily withdraw from...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld language used in homeowner insurance policies by State Farm Fire and Casualty, overturning a district court ruling that the policy language was ambiguous and consequently...
A Spanish court Wednesday convicted three men of murder for their roles in the 2004 Madrid train bombings , and found 18 others guilty on other charges. Seven others were acquitted, including accused mastermind Rabei Osman Sayed...
Lt. Col. Colby Vokey, the outspoken US Marine Corps chief defense lawyer for the western US, is resigning from his post effective May 1, 2008, calling the military legal system at Guantanamo Bay "horrific" and a "sham" and urging...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan will investigate the suicide bombing that took place during the parade welcoming home exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto earlier this month, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry said Wednesday....
A group of senior lawyers from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon urging the promotion of the current ICTY deputy prosecutor, American David Tolbert...
US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday that unless US Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey clarifies that he believes waterboarding is torture, Graham will consider opposing Mukasey's nomination. Speaking on CBS News' Face The Nation...
Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has withdrawn its last two appeals of a European Union antitrust ruling requiring the software giant to share technical information with competitors. The software...
The Canadian government introduced a bill Tuesday that would revive two controversial anti-terrorism provisions of the Anti-terrorism Act that expired earlier this year. The bill, brought forward in the Senate, would force anyone with relevant information...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday slammed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for threatening and intimidating the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the days leading up to the court's decision on petitions challenging Musharraf's bid...
