A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday preventing a new Nebraska abortion law from being enforced. The law, known as the Women's...
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue on Tuesday condemned an Italian bill that would restrict the use of wiretaps and criminalize the reporting of wiretap...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Odaini was transferred to his homeland of Yemen after a federal court ordered his release [opinion,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indecency policy is unconstitutional. The court held that the FCC's policy is a violation of...
The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted 336-1 to approve a bill that would make it illegal to wear the Islamic burqa or other full face veils in public....
US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the role that oil company British Petroleum (BP) may have played in obtaining an early release for convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali...
The Afghan cabinet on Monday approved a bill that would allow high-ranking government officials to stand trial on charges of corruption. Under the bill the Afghan judiciary would be empowered to establish special tribunals which would hear...
Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Monday appeared at a pre-trial hearing and informed the court that he had previously rejected a plea deal offered by the US government. Under...
The Indian Environmental Minister Jairam Ramesh apologized Saturday for the government's role in the 2008 disposal of toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster , which he said was done secretly and in an...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said during an interview Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will continue monitoring the effects of Arizona's recently passed immigration bill [SB 1070...
