The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday ordered parties to file briefs discussing whether the challenge to the health care reform law is barred by a federal...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) used a new procedure Monday to begin hearing evidence against alleged genocide financier Felicien Kabuga who has yet to be arrested. The special deposition...

Violent crime is down 5.5 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to preliminary data released Monday but the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) . The Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January-December 2010 also showed a decrease...

Continued ethnic violence in Myanmar presents "serious limitations" to the government's transition to democracy, according to Tomas Ojea Quintana , a UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar. Quintana made a statement Monday...

Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya signed an agreement Sunday allowing his return to the country after nearly two years in exile. The agreement, brokered by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments, was...

As many as 300 people died and 700 were injured during the month-long uprising in Tunisia earlier this year, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez said Saturday. The death toll is much higher than originally thought. Mendez is...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in General Dynamics Corp v. United States that when the court dismisses a valid prima facie affirmative defense to the government's breach of...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Brown v. Plata to uphold the order requiring California to release up to 46,000 prisoners to remedy the state's...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Kawashima v. Holder to clarify what counts as an aggravated felony for purposes of removing an immigrant from the country. Petitioners Akio...

An Amsterdam court on Monday rejected claims by Dutch politician Geert Wilders that the hate speech charges against him should be dropped over claims of bias. Wilder, a right-wing politician,...