Convicted Serbian war criminal Radovan Stankovic was arrested Saturday in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) after being on the run since May 2007 when he escaped from a Bosnia prison. Stankovic was convicted of multiple war...

The US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday in Reynolds v. United States that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) does not require pre-act offenders to register before the...

The Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs asked the UN Sunday to help them resolve what they are calling a judicial system failure over the detention of senior criminal court Judge Abdulla Mohamed. Mohamed was arrested...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed disappointment Monday that the US government has failed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. President Barack Obama ordered the facility closed ...

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in National Meat Association v. Harris that the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) , which requires observation of animals that are unable to walk for possible...

The US Supreme Court issued a per curiam opinion Monday in Ryburn v. Huff allowing police officers to enter a private residence without a warrant if they have a reason to anticipate violence....

Croatian citizens voted in favor of joining the EU on Sunday, despite poor turnout for the referendum. With nearly all of the ballots counted , 66 percent voted in favor of Croatia's membership in the...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in United States v. Jones that the government's attachment of a global positioning system (GPS) device to a vehicle, and its use of that...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday confirmed charges against four of the six suspects allegedly involved in the violence following the December 2007 Kenyan elections . Two potential presidential candidates are among...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its annual World Report on Sunday, leading with a criticism of Western governments' support of Middle Eastern regimes that stifle and suppress protests. The comprehensive report catalogs all of...