A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Friday ordered that a US Air Force officer be reinstated after being previously discharged under the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT)...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a district court ruling that ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee...
Supporters of Proposition 8 , California's ban on same-sex marriage , filed a brief Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting to proceed with an...
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted 14-4 to approve the so-called New START treaty between Russia and the US. Along with 11 Democrats, three Republicans voted for its passage,...
A French court on Wednesday declined to extradite Dr. Eugene Rwamucyo to Rwanda to face charges for his alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . The court also granted his...
Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Saturday announced charges against nine individuals for their suspected involvement in the 1998-1999 Kosovo war . The charges include murder, rape, looting, destruction...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday ordered former Kosovo Albanian military leader Ramush Haradinaj to remain in custody while awaiting a new trial. The...
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that two ordinances passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania making it more difficult for illegal immigrants [JURIST news...
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), a joint venture undertaken by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) , Austria and others, opened its doors on Thursday. Based in Laxenburg, Austria,...
Somali citizen Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty Friday to several charges in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for his role in the April attack on the USS Ashland in the...
