Iranian authorities arrested 70 members of the Islamic Association of University Teachers after they met with opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi on Wednesday, according to a statement on Mousavi's website ....
The US Senate began the impeachment trial process for Judge Samuel Kent Wednesday for alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors" after accepting the articles of impeachment from the US House of Representatives...
US Attorney General Eric Holder urged sentencing reform for crack cocaine Wednesday, calling for a review of disparities between sentencing guidelines for powder and crack. Addressing a symposium on federal sentencing policy hosted by the...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Safford United School District #1 v. Redding that a strip search of a school student violated her Fourth Amendment...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a Virginia law Wednesday that bans "partial birth" abortions , reversing previous rulings that found it unconstitutional. The...
Former Kosovo prime minister Agim Ceku was arrested in Bulgaria Tuesday at the Macedonian border on Serbian war crimes charges. Ceku is specifically charged by the Serbian Nis District Court with genocide in relation to the murder...
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei granted a request Wednesday to allow opposition candidates five additional days to submit complaints about the contested presidential election in Iran. The Guardian Council for the...
The War Crimes Council of the Belgrade District Court convicted a Croatian Serb of war crimes Tuesday for his involvement in the death of 200 Croatian POWs in 1991, sentencing him to 20...
Prison rape continues to be a widespread problem in the US, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) . Among other suggestions, the report calls for officials to identify those...
Vietnamese pro-democracy lawyer Le Cong Dinh was disbarred Monday from the Ho Chi Minh City Bar following his recent arrest for allegedly conspiring against the government. The Bar's disciplinary council concluded [Saigon Giai...
