Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel Wednesday issued an advisory opinion rejecting certification of a voter-backed ballot proposition that would ban adoptions by unmarried couples. The measure, submitted by the Family Council of Arkansas ,...
The Canadian Army Tuesday announced that independent investigators have found no evidence to support allegations that the army "may have aided or abetted the torture of detainees" by transferring them from Canadian to...
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that the language used in policies by Nationwide Insurance was not "ambiguous" about whether damage caused by combinations of...
Several dozen Muslims in Kenya protested in front of the Nairobi police headquarters Thursday, saying that the country has been detaining and torturing Muslim citizens at the request of the US government. The protesters alleged that...
The number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 while the number of countries that employ capital punishment decreased, according to a report released Thursday by the Rome-based anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain ....
China's National People's Congress passed a new law Thursday to hold officials legally accountable for providing accurate and timely information on public emergencies. The law also allows the government to revoke...
A federal judge Wednesday rejected several claims in a legal challenge to Arizona's voter ID law filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) , including a claim that the...
Former Serbian state prosecutor Rade Terzic was arrested Friday for allegedly assisting members of a criminal gang connected with the murders of various Serbian officials escape prosecution while in Terzic was in office. Terzic is believed to have belonged...
The Nigerian government Friday withdrew and then filed an updated $7 billion lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer , adding a new charge of fraud stemming from a drug experiment conducted in the 1990s that allegedly killed...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously ruled Friday that federal appeals courts reviewing "enemy combatant" designations of Guantanamo Bay detainees must review all evidence regarding...
