Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim failed a third time Monday to remove the judge in his sodomy case. The charges against Anwar allege that he sodomized a former male...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Board of Trustees of Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems that federal law does not automatically vest title of inventions from federally...

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday in Erica P John Fund v. Halliburton that, though a party to a private securities fraud action must demonstrate...

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday in McNeill v. United States that a federal sentencing court must determine whether "an offense under State law" is...

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Martinez v. Ryan , the court will decide whether a defendant has a right to effective assistance...

The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday in Fox v. Vice that it is improper to award defendants the full amount of attorney's fees incurred while...

A Bahrain court on Monday arraigned 47 doctors and nurses on charges of trying to overthrow the government and participating in illegal demonstrations when they helped treat injured protesters. The doctors and nurses were stationed primarily at...

US President Barack Obama has been urged to stop deportations to Haiti on humanitarian grounds. More than 3,000 Americans signed a letter sent to the president on Thursday, claiming that deportees are immediately imprisoned upon...

A report by UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo has said that there is a continued prevalence of violence and discriminatory treatment of women in the US, with a heightened impact on poor, minority and...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday expressed concern over the arrests of dozens of civilians by Libyan opposition authorities. HRW called on the National Transitional Council (NTC), the opposition ruling body in Libya with de...