The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces Tuesday ruled that racist comments made online by a US Army soldier were protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The court confirmed that...
A committee of the Italian House of Deputies Wednesday approved funding for a national fingerprinting effort to begin in 2010. Italian leaders have pushed to require all Italian citizens and resident foreigners to be fingerprinted...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Thursday convicted former Yugoslav general Pavle Strugar on additional charges related to his role in the 1991 shelling of Dubrovnik ,...
Kurdish legislators staged a walkout of the Iraqi Parliament Tuesday, delaying a vote on a proposed provincial election bill that they say is unconstitutional. Kurdish lawmakers objected to an attached proposal that would establish a provincial council...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington , seeking to revoke the US citizenship of an alleged World War...
The Seoul Central District Court Wednesday suspended a three-year prison sentence for former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee , who was convicted of tax fraud. The court ruled that Lee should not serve prison time...
A Chinese office manager has become the first man to be imprisoned under a Chinese sexual harassment law passed in 2005, according to reports on Wednesday. Previous cases brought under the law have been settled through civil...
The Washington DC City Council on Tuesday passed emergency temporary legislation to amend the city's long-standing ban on handguns. The amendment is intended to bring the city ordinance more in line with the recent US...
The Spanish Justice Ministry Tuesday filed a challenge in Spain's Constitutional Court to block a planned Basque region referendum on increased autonomy. The referendum, approved by the Basque Parliament last month, will ask citizens whether...
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme submitted his resignation Monday night because of his coalition government's inability to successfully divide federal powers between the Flemish- and French-speaking communities. Leterme had set a...
