A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by business groups challenging the Legal Arizona Workers Act , saying that the law does not overstep the federal government's...
The lower house of the Canadian parliament passed a new security certificates bill Wednesday by a margin of 196-71 . The House of Commons introduced the bill in October in response to last year's Supreme...
The federal judge presiding over the trial of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was seeking information about the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah around the time the CIA destroyed videotapes of the interrogations...
A federal judge rejected an argument Wednesday by US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) that an indictment against him unconstitutionally violated the Speech or Debate Clause , saying that Jefferson has "focused immunity"...
Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan Friday called for the resignation of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after being freed from house arrest late Thursday. Ahsan was detained in a security sweep ...
The UK military is investigating allegations surrounding the 2004 deaths of 22 Iraqi detainees who may have been in UK custody and the alleged torture of nine other detainees, officials said Thursday after a court-imposed gag order on the...
Canadian-born financier and former media mogul Conrad Black lost his bid Thursday to remain free on bail pending the appeal of his July conviction on mail fraud and obstruction of justice charges....
Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been formally arrested and charged with inciting subversion of state power, his lawyer said Friday. His lawyer said that Hu's father had been allowed to visit Hu in jail recently, marking the...
The US military has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with attempted murder and intentionally causing serious bodily harm, the Defense Department said Thursday. Mohammed Jawad , an Afghan national, allegedly threw a grenade...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a 29 percent pay raise for all federal judges Thursday by a margin of 10-7. If passed by Congress, the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 would...
