The Swedish parliament Wednesday passed a controversial warrantless wiretapping law that gives the country's National Defence Radio Establishment broad authority to monitor international telephone and electronic communications passing through the country. The bill,...
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that the state had settled with two law firms accused of defrauding the state pension system. For years the two firms, Girvin & Ferlazzo, PC and Hogan,...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously ruled Tuesday that Armenia's National Television and Radio Commission had improperly denied a broadcast license to the A1 Plus television station. ECHR found that...
The California First District Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a petition by anti-same-sex marriage group Liberty Counsel to block the issuance of new sex-neutral marriages licenses . Liberty Counsel had...
Physicians For Human Rights Wednesday released a report saying that abuse and torture claims made by former detainees held by the US in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq are...
A military judge Tuesday dropped charges against a US Marine charged in connection with the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha . Battalion commander Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani had...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon Tuesday signed into law constitutional reforms which provide for public and oral trials, guarantee the presumption of innocence, and guarantee suspects representation by qualified public defenders....
Japan carried out its thirteenth execution since Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama assumed office last August with the hanging of three condemned inmates Tuesday. Tuesday's executions are the latest in an increasing number of executions in the...
European Union foreign ministers said Monday that member states that have not yet ratified the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon , should continue their ratification processes despite an...
The Supreme Court of California ruling which overturned a state ban on same-sex marriage took effect Monday, allowing same-sex marriage ceremonies in the state to go ahead. The Court's decision...
