US President Barack Obama overrode the legal interpretations of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel in maintaining the administration's position that US forces operating in Libya did not violate...
Three former Croatian police officers were arrested Monday in connection to alleged war crimes committed against ethnic Serb civilians during the Serbo-Croatian War in 1991 and 1992. Most notable among the three is Djuro Brodarac, a former...
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and a coalition of other rights groups Friday rejected the changes announced by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the criticized Secure Communities Program , a...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Clean Air Act ...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In PPL Montana v. Montana the court will determine if the proper constitutional test for whether...
The trial in absentia of former Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali began Monday, over charges ranging from murder and conspiracy to trafficking and drug use. Ben Ali fled Tunisia to Saudi Arabia...
A five-judge panel for the Ontario Court of Appeal Friday extended stay of a lower court decision striking down laws banning prostitution-related activities, leaving the activities illegal pending ruling of the court. The panel extended the stay...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) adopted a new convention at its annual conference in Geneva Thursday to protect domestic workers' labor rights. The 100 Session of the International Labor Conference came to a...
US Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday defended his plans to prosecute terror suspects in federal civilian courts, responding to harsh criticism from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging two Iraqi-born terror suspects in Kentucky...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to challenge a decision to strike down a federal law that...
