A Chilean judge on Tuesday issued an indictment against former US Navy Captain Ray Davis, which included a request that he be extradited to Chile. The indictment charges Davis with the homicides of journalist Charles Horman and...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Hall v. US , the justices heard arguments on a conflict between tax law and bankruptcy procedures, regarding...

Nobel peace laureate Tawakkul Karman on Monday uged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct an investigation into the violent crackdown on dissent and alleged human rights violations by the country's former president,...

The Nigerian Senate passed a bill Tuesday that makes it illegal for same-sex couples to marry or for an individual to aid in the marriage of same-sex couples. The bill explicitly states that marriages entered...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ordered an injunction on Monday to prevent North Carolina from issuing specialty license plates that display a pro-life message, signifying a victory [press...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday blocked a proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup Inc over the sale of toxic mortgage debt. The US Securities...

President of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Judge David Baragwanath on Monday issued a statement defending his program following a visit to Lebanon. Tribunal Vice President Judge Ralph Riachi...

An appeals court in Vietnam reduced the sentence of pro-democracy blogger and professor Pham Minh Hoang , alias Phan Kien Quoc, by more than half on Tuesday. Hoang was sentenced in August to three years...

An estimated 7,000 detainees are still being held without due process by Libyan revolutionaries, according to a UN report made public Monday. The report to the UN Security Council, by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , says that...

Malaysia's lower house of Parliament approved a new law on Tuesday that would ban street protests and impose tougher restrictions on demonstrators in the nation. The Peaceful Assembly Bill contains an outright ban on street...