Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuette , joined by four other states, on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to require the US Army Corps of Engineers to accelerate a study on ecological separation...

An Indonesian court announced Wednesday that it would reduce the 15-year prison sentence being served by a radical Indonesian cleric. A spokesman for the Jakarta High Court confirmed without elaboration that the chief judge reduced the jail term to...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in an appeal by US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla to reinstate his unlawful detention suit against several government officials. Padilla,...

Four candidates were named Tuesday as potential successors to International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo when his nine-year term expires next year. The Search Committee for the position of the Prosecutor of the...

Son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi have reportedly attempted to leave Libya in an effort to surrender themselves to the International Criminal Court...

Former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta was arrested Wednesday on five counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The charges come in connection to his relationship with Raj Rajaratnam...

Uruguay's Senate voted 16-15 Tuesday to revoke the amnesty law of 1986, which prevents investigations, adjudications and human rights prosecutions of military junta officials during their regime between 1973-1985. The vote...

The US Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief on Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to agree to resolve the deepening legal conflict over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

Brazil's High Court of Justice on Tuesday upheld the same-sex marriage of two women. The court voted 4-1 in favor of recognizing same-sex marriages. The ruling...

The family of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi announced Wednesday that they plan to file a complaint against NATO with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its alleged role in Gaddafi's death . Lawyer...