Former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey was sworn in Friday as the 81st attorney general of the United States after a confirmation process fraught with controversy. The US Senate voted 53-40 late...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Friday accused his opposition of using "fascist violence" to oppose constitutional changes that would eliminate presidential term limits and augment the president's emergency powers. Earlier this month, the Venezuelan National Assembly approved [press...
United Nations General Secretary Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on nations, organizations and individuals to respect laws passed for the protection of children . Ban's comments come in the wake of an unsuccessful bid by a French charity...
The government of Norway Friday proposed creating laws to allow for the prosecution of war crimes, genocide and terrorism. Current Norwegian law does not specifically include these offenses, and it is standard policy to turn over...
A federal judge Thursday issued an injunction suspending a Washington state law that would require pharmacists to dispense Plan B emergency contraceptives , the so-called "morning-after pill." US District Judge Ronald Leighton's injunction effectively creates a...
Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said Tuesday that a new bill to reform a controversial law that criminalizes insults to Turkish identity will go before the Turkish parliament soon. He did not say...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for countries to hold to treaties restricting chemical and explosive weapons in remarks at two separate meetings Monday. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte read Ban's statement during a conference...
US senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Friday that they would support the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general, according to preliminary reports. Their endorsements in combination...
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Friday that he will not support the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general, citing Mukasey's continuing reluctance to unequivocally denounce waterboarding...
The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday affirmed by 5-4 the murder conviction of a British Columbia man in a case widely seen as a test of the right to remain silent guaranteed in the Canadian...
