A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday found Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , guilty of charges that he was...
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has asked Attorney General Baroness Scotland to begin a criminal investigation into claims that both British and US officers contributed to the torture of Guantanamo Bay detainee and former UK resident Binyam...
The US Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Wednesday approved a merger of Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines after determining the deal would not significantly decrease competition. The department said the merger would...
Ontario Superior Court Justice Douglas Rutherford Wednesday convicted Ottawa software developer Mohammed Momin Khawaja on seven counts related to an alleged plot to bomb targets in the UK. Khawaja was specifically...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday withdrew a lawsuit she had brought against president Victor Yushchenko and the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) challenging Yushchenko's plan to...
A judge in the US District Court for the Central District of California Monday sentenced Steven Schulman and David Bershad, two former partners of the law firm now known as Milberg LLP , to six months...
A jury for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday convicted Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) on seven counts of making false statements relating to an alleged...
Judge Richard Leon of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday ruled that in order to be validly held as an "enemy combatants," Guantanamo Bay detainees ...
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak said Friday that despite numerous international conventions banning torture and other abusive treatment, its use is...
Judge R. Barclay Surrick of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the citizenship status and eligibility of Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to become US president....
