The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Friday dismissed opposition party petitions challenging the ability of the ruling Puea Thai party to amend the country's constitution. The court ruled that the parliament could amend...
An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced a Shia cleric to two years in prison on blasphemy charges. Chief Judge Purnomo Amin Tjahjo of the Sampang district court announced the sentence of Tajul Muluk, whose teachings were deemed to have...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Wednesday rejected a motion by Bank of America (BOA) to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging BOA's purposeful concealment of...
The Supreme Court of Estonia ruled Thursday that the treaty to establish the euro area's permanent rescue fund does not offend the Estonian constitution. The court, sitting en banc, held that a restriction on the...
A human rights group report was released on Wednesday documenting 81 instances of sexual assault and rape in Syria since anti-government demonstrations began in March 2011. Women Under Siege , a project of the Women's Media Center, has...
A non-profit United Nations watch group released a report last month criticizing the UN's lack of a comprehensive internal security policy in the face of its own increased reliance on private military and security companies (PMSCs). In...
The Ivory Coast justice ministry announced Tuesday that two allies of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged with genocide relating to the months of post-election violence that...
Members of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
A confirmed al Qaeda member and Osama bin Laden associate was released from Guantanamo Bay and returned to his native Sudan on Wednesday after more than a decade of detention. Ibrahim...
A US citizen was released from a Thai prison Tuesday on a royal pardon that commuted a two-and-a-half-year sentence for defaming the Thai royal family. Thai-born Joe Gordon (Thai name Lerpong Wichaikhammat), 55, is a Colorado used-car salesman who...
