Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court ruled Saturday against an American University of Cairo (AUC) ban on women wearing the Muslim niqab on campus, finding that the private university could not require a plaintiff...
The Zimbabwean government has published proposed amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe that would allow the simultaneous election of the president and both houses of legislature, reforms that critics allege to be an attempt by Zimbabwean President...
US Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) announced Friday that an anticipated floor debate on a resolution expressing the Senate's lack of confidence in beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will take place Monday. The no-confidence...
The US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) said Saturday that six civilian detainees had been killed and at least 50 injured as the result of an "indirect fire" attack on the US-operated Camp Bucca ...
The United Nations (UN) responded Friday to a class action lawsuit filed against the UN and the Netherlands earlier in the week by thousands of survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre , insisting...
A Pentagon spokesman said Friday that the it will seek a reconsideration of rulings by two US military judges earlier this week dismissing all charges against Canadian detainee Omar Khadr and Yemeni detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan . Both...
A dozen prominent legal scholars submitted an amicus curiae brief on behalf of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Thursday, arguing that Libby's conviction could be overturned on appeal because the...
Chilean Supreme Court judge Urbano Marin Vallejo ordered the house arrest of Alberto Fujimori Friday, responding to concerns that the former Peruvian President held in Chilean custody since 2005 will try to flee the...
Indicted US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) pleaded not guilty Friday to charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act , including bribery, racketeering, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. Jefferson allegedly...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday delayed its ruling on whether it has jurisdiction over the legal disputes involving the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , putting that off...
