Voters in Montana and Maryland went to the polls to decide upon two state immigration initiatives on Tuesday. In Maryland, Question 4 , often called "Maryland's Dream Act," passed with approximately 59 percent of the votes affirming the law's...
A Croatian court on Wednesday sentenced five former policemen to between one and three years in prison for their roles in torturing ethnic Serb prisoners during Croatia's 1991-95 war for independence. Judge Marijan Garac of the Zagreb County Court...
A court in Cairo on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi intended to nullify the 1979 Camp David Peace Accord with Israel. The court, which is charged with solving administrative...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Wednesday sentenced a convicted terrorist to a 37-year prison sentence for a 1999 plot to blow up the Los Angeles International...
New York's highest court said Tuesday that it will not hear a challenge to the state's Marriage Equality Act (MEA) , effectively dispelling the last viable threat to same sex marriages in the state. The New York Court...
The US Supreme Court opted Tuesday not to act on a request to vacate a last-minute stay of execution order issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , meaning the...
Scores of Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, and perhaps Gaddafi himself, were "summarily executed" when rebels sacked the ruler's final stronghold last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. According to HRW, when...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a municipality's ban on funeral protests. The court ruled that a ban on funeral protests in Manchester, Missouri, was a legitimate restriction on...
The Thai Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant Thursday for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The warrant was issued following his failure to appear before the court in...
A Thai court on Wednesday upheld a controversial law which imposes criminal sanctions for those deemed to have insulted the royal family. The Thai Constitutional Court decided unanimously that Article 112 of the Criminal Code of...
