A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court decision which held that Congressional restrictions on organizations receiving federal grants through the Legal Services...
Marking its own 20th anniversary, Israeli human rights group B'Tselem claimed Sunday that almost 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians since 1989. A majority of the deaths...
Federal prosecutors from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicated Friday that they will drop manslaughter charges against a Blackwater Worldwide security guard who had been involved in the September 2007 shooting incident in...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday issued an apology to poor and underprivileged British children who were sent to Australia and other former British colonies over the last century with the supposed intention of...
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said Friday he will not appeal a court ruling that allows same-sex marriages in the capital city of Argentina. Macri called the ruling...
White House officials are considering purchasing a prison facility in northwestern Illinois to house terrorism suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay , according to media reports Saturday. The Thomson Correctional Facility , a maximum security...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday extended a deadline for filing an amended settlement agreement between Google and groups of authors and...
US officials are conducting reviews to determine which Guantanamo Bay detainees may face trials in military or civilian courts in the US, according to statements made by Attorney General Eric Holder to...
The US House of Representatives late Saturday passed landmark legislation designed to reform the US health care system. The bill, entitled the Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed by a narrow...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that Canadian citizen Maher Arar cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US...
