Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election according to statements made Friday by Ayatollah...
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Republican Governor Charlie Christ could not delay a decision on filling a vacancy in Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeal in order...
Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown Saturday survived a vote of no confidence by Bermuda's lower house of parliament, the House of Assembly , which was seen as an attempt to punish Brown for accepting four Uighur Guantanamo...
A three-member independent commission established by the UN to investigate the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will begin its work on July 1, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official...
Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that Congress should eliminate the sentencing disparities between crimes committed involving crack and powder cocaine. The statements came during a hearing of the Senate...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would expand protection from hate crimes by broadening the category of violations defined in the current law. The bill, which...
Spanish judge Baltazar Garzon on Wednesday decided to initiate an investigation into torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay made by four former prisoners held at the facility. Garzon...
The Bundestag , the lower house of the German parliament, approved a bill Friday restricting the use of genetic testing on humans. Specific provisions of the legislation, also know...
UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said Friday that the US must prosecute Justice Department (DOJ) lawyers who drafted four recently released top secret memos , which outlined controversial CIA interrogation techniques...
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday that portions of Proposition 209 , an amendment to the California Constitution banning the use of affirmative action for state hiring, contracting, or university admission, may violate the US Constitution. Brown made...
