Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai issued a decree Sunday allowing the country's Supreme Court to go forward with its plan to set up a tribunal to hear complaints of fraud during the September...
Nine men were charged and taken custody on Monday in the UK for conspiring to bomb the US Embassy and the London Stock Exchange . The charges come after British authorities had apprehended 12 men on...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed its prior decision and allowed a suit by the heirs of victims of the Armenian genocide to proceed....
Six months after Israel announced that it was easing the blockade of the Gaza Strip , there is little sign of economic improvement for the struggling territory, according to a report published Tuesday by 25 human rights groups...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Monday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the controversial Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning the courts...
The Bush administration urged Germany not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials involved in the alleged illegal arrest and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri under the administration's extraordinary rendition program [JURIST news...
Controversy surrounded the Egyptian parliamentary elections on Sunday as violence accompanied accusations of corruption, fraud and silencing the opposition. Reports have surfaced of vote buying and the ejection of independent vote monitors from polling locations. The ruling...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Monday extended a temporary restraining order blocking the controversial Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning the courts from considering...
A Virginia circuit court judge ruled Monday that a lawsuit by two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting can proceed against school administrators, despite their claims of sovereign immunity. The judge...
More than 9,000 workers who took part in the 9/11 rescue and cleanup efforts approved a negotiated settlement with the city of New York Friday in a lawsuit over their injuries. The parties relayed [settlement document;...
