Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday criticized the Azerbaijani Supreme Court for failing to order the release of imprisoned journalist Enyulla Fatullayev in violation of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)...
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Sunday for Congress to repeal the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy before the inauguration of the 112th Congress in January. Following...
Oklahoma voters on Tuesday approved State Question 755 , an amendment to the state constitution that bans the use of Islamic or international law in state court decisions. The amendment, also known as the Save Our State...
The voters of Arizona, Oklahoma and Colorado on Tuesday voted on state constitutional amendments seeking to make the individual mandate provision of the recent health care reform law unenforceable in their states. In...
Niger held a referendum Sunday on whether to adopt a new constitution following February's coup , in which a military government replaced that of then-president Mamadou Tandja . If approved, the constitution would limit the powers of...
Apple filed two lawsuits Friday against rival smartphone maker Motorola alleging that several of Motorola's products infringe six patents owned by Apple. The lawsuits, filed in the US District...
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Friday against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, seeking to have the deepwater drilling moratorium reinstated. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court...
The Iraqi Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the seven-month delay in forming a government following the March parliamentary elections was unconstitutional, ordering parliament to reconvene. The lawsuit was filed by an independent group [WP...
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) invalidated 1.3 million votes Wednesday due to findings of fraud during last month's parliamentary election . The ballots, constituting nearly one-fourth of the 5.6 million votes cast nationwide , were...
The former president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan , Ichiro Ozawa, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to overturn corruption charges brought against him last month. The Tokyo No. 5 Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution, an...
