Venezuelan Minister for Prisons Iris Varela announced Sunday that she plans to release up to 40 percent of the country's prisoners in an effort to reduce prison overcrowding . Varela, who was appointed ...
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that most claims in a lawsuit against former Lehman Brothers Holdings officials could proceed. The plaintiffs, a group of investors, contend that Lehman's former officers, directors, and auditors, as...
Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , convicted in May 2010 for murder and waging war against India for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166,...
The North Carolina Senate Thursday voted 29-19 to override a veto by Governor Beverly Perdue on legislation that would require a 24-hour waiting period before receiving an abortion [JURIST...
A group of attorneys filed a civil lawsuit in Belgium against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO Thursday alleging it is responsible for killing 13 civilians in a bombing of a residential compound in Libya. The complaint...
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be held in Cairo, a senior official said Thursday. The announcement comes amid speculation that the trial would be held at a...
The UK Supreme Court on Thursday granted leave of appeal in Ministry of Defence v. AB to British former servicemen seeking compensation for illnesses resulting from participating in nuclear weapons testing. The veterans are seeking to...
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court asking for review of an appeals court ruling declaring the federal...
The government of Niger announced on Wednesday that it has established a new agency tasked with combating corruption. The High Authority to Combat Corruption will be comprised of government administration and private sector representatives who...
A court in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Wednesday denied parole for former Yukos oil executive Platon Lebedev . Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky were convicted in December and...
