A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Monday sentenced two men previously convicted in connection with the failed "Toronto 18" terrorist plot. Alleged plot leader Zakaria Amara was sentenced to life in...
Arguments began Monday before Myanmar's Supreme Court in the latest appeal by Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi . Suu Kyi's appeal contests an 18-month extension to her house arrest that was...
Chinese lawyers and US-based rights group ChinaAid on Friday called on Beijing police to conduct a search for missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng . Police reported Thursday that Gao, who has been...
A trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban commenced Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California . Proceedings included opening statements from lead attorneys and testimony...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided on a military prosecution for Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainee Obaidullah , according to court filings Wednesday. Obaidullah was initially charged by the military...
The US Senate on Thursday approved a measure raising the federal borrowing limit by $290 billion. The bill was passed pursuant to recommendations by officials at the US Treasury Department that additional funding was necessary...
Beijing police issued a formal arrest warrant Monday for a man who organized a website for parents whose children became ill from drinking tainted milk last year. Zhao Lianhai has been charged with picking...
The State of Texas executed death row inmate Bobby Wayne Woods by lethal injection Thursday, over the objections of lawyers who argued Woods was mentally impaired and thus could not be executed under federal law. Defense lawyers...
The Honduran National Congress on Wednesday voted 111-14 not to reinstate ousted president Manuel Zelaya who was removed by a military coup earlier this year. The vote was held [El...
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) to provide health benefits to the same-sex...
