The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday struck down a state law that prohibited out-of-state residents from circulating petitions for third-party candidates. Virginia law requires that candidates from parties...

The French National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a new sexual harassment law that criminalizes the act, imposing a punishment of up to three years in jail. The new law comes three...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he believes he should be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST...

A judge for US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Tuesday ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Judge Vanessa Bryant granted summary judgment ...

The Bahrain government's indiscriminate use of tear gas against protesters is resulting in severe injuries and civilian deaths, according to a report released Wednesday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . According to PHR...

The Somalia constituent assembly on Wednesday approved a new constitution for the country, which has been without a stable central government since former president Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. The draft constitution passed...

Supporters of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold the law after two federal courts found it unconstitutional. In their nearly 500-page petition...

The High Court of Fiji on Tuesday found Laisenia Qarase , the country's last democratically-elected prime minister, guilty of nine counts of corruption under the Fiji Penal Code . Suva Court Justice Priyantha...

The Court of Appeals in Kenya on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to set the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections for March 4, 2013. Four of the five judges sitting for the Court of Appeals,...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado on Monday ruled that a challenge to the Colorado Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) can proceed. The lawsuit argues that TABOR is unconstitutional [Denver Post...