A lawmaking committee in the Russian parliament is considering legislation to tackle the country's increasing problem with racism and extremism, according to the chairman of committee in the State Duma . The lower parliamentary house is...
US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Bush administration's controversial domestic surveillance program opened Monday with testimony from US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales after senators argued over whether or not he should...
Prosecutors at an appeals hearing in Arusha, Tanzania, Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to overturn the genocide acquittals of two former Rwandan officials. One-time Rwandan Transport Minister Andre Ntagerura and...
The House of Lords , the UK's highest court, hears arguments Monday in the case of a Muslim teenage girl who argues that a British school's decision to forbid her from wearing a Muslim jilbab to...
Some US senators are discussing a constitutional amendment which would place limits on the power of the president during times of war, according to a report by TIME magazine Sunday. A source close to the negotiations...
Jury selection begins Monday in Virginia for the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui to determine if the al-Qaida follower should be given life in prison or a death sentence...
A former US official with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges that he stole over $2 million in rebuilding funds and awarded contracts to an American businessman in exchange...
Three human rights groups Wednesday criticized the global aid campaign created to assist those affected by the 2004 tsunami disaster , saying it has "trampled" on the human rights of many survivors. The Habitat...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that immigration lists barring non-Europeans from EU countries must comply with the principle of freedom of movement and that EU members...
Members of the UK House of Commons Tuesday narrowly backed amendments to the government's controversial Racial and Religious Hatred Bill approved by the UK House of Lords last...
