The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Walker v. Martin that a state law barring a prisoner from collaterally attacking his conviction is adequate to...
The US Senate on Tuesday voted 86 to 12 to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act through May 27. The measures were set to expire on February...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously overturned a lower court's ruling in NASA v. Nelson and upheld the background checks that NASA uses for...
A French appeals court on Wednesday sentenced former Basque separatist leader, Jose Antonio Urrutikoetxea, to seven years in prison for association with a terrorist organization. Urrutikoetxea is a former member of the Basque regional parliament and led the ETA...
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the destruction of a crop of genetically-engineered (GE) sugar beets because of the potential harmful effect the plants may have on surrounding flora, the first such order to be issued in...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Wednesday that the court will not use testimony from three Kenyan witnesses who claim they were bribed to provide false evidence against a high-ranking government official. Ocampo also...
Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed a petition with Myanmar's High Court on Tuesday seeking to reinstate her opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) . Myanmar's military government formally abolished...
The UK High Court on Wednesday granted a request to review the nation's Digital Economy Act , which is aimed at the prevention of online copyright infringement. The claim was filed by UK Internet service...
The County Court of Zagreb on Wednesday sentenced six men for the murder of top Croatian journalist, Ivo Pukanic, who was killed in a car bombing in 2008. The court held that the actions committed...
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen informed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a meeting Wednesday that the government will not allow the prosecution of low-ranking Khmer Rouge officers by the Extraordinary...
