Former US lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy. Judge Ellen S. Huvelle of the US District Court for the District...
Pakistani lawyers demanding that the government reinstate judges ousted last year by former President Pervez Musharraf clashed with police in Islamabad on Thursday, according to media reports. Television images showed police beating the lawyers...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two former brokers for Credit-Suisse with defrauding clients of $1 billion by selling subprime securities that they represented...
Thai ">Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej refused to resign Thursday but instead proposed a national referendum on whether he should continue in office. In a radio address following an emergency Cabinet meeting, Samak encouraged...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the EU violated the fundamental property rights of a Saudi business and a Swedish foundation linked to al-Qaeda [JURIST news...
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas challenges the latest version of a Farmers Branch municipal ordinance which prohibits illegal immigrants from occupying leased property....
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week in a border dispute between Romania and Ukraine over resource rights to the Black Sea. Oral arguments...
The Iraqi government announced plans Wednesday to rebuild Abu Ghraib prison , where US military guards were photographed abusing Iraqi prisoners . Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the Iraqi Cabinet had approved...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a non-employee consultant may be held liable for misstatements or omissions in periodic financial reports filed with the US Securities...
US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released Arab activist Sami Al-Arian after five years in federal custody. The former University of South Florida (USF) computer science professor...
