The government of Pakistan has reiterated its refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in the wake of its latest test of a nuclear-capable missile, saying that nuclear arms are vital to a...
A Manhattan federal judge Monday overturned a federal bankruptcy court's highly-controversial decision in the Enron case, ruling that holders of claims against a bankrupt company should have their claims extinguished if they purchased them from a...
The Bangladesh Supreme Court has overturned a court order granting bail to former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed , ruling Monday that she should remain in prison as she awaits trial on extortion charges [JURIST...
Yahoo! filed a motion in federal court in California Monday seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the Internet giant aided and abetted human rights violations committed by the Chinese government by...
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction Monday blocking a Missouri abortion law that would subject more abortion clinics to tighter state control. The law, which had been scheduled to go into effect Tuesday, would classify...
Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej formally signed the country's new constitution into law Friday. The constitution, put forward by the military-backed interim government, was approved in a national referendum last week....
A US judge Friday refused to reject a French extradition request for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to face charges of money laundering through French banks. Noriega and his wife were sentenced in absentia to...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced a Bosnian Serb former reserve policeman to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian civil war. Nenad...
An investigating judge who was to be transferred from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to serve as the head of Cambodia's Appeals Court will still remain on the ECCC, filling...
US military lawyers appearing at the first sitting of the new US Court of Military Commission Review Friday urged the court to overturn a ruling dropping charges against Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [JURIST news...
