Four alleged Somali pirates captured from a hijacked ship are being put on trial in South Korea, but lawyers for the pirates argue the court does not have jurisdiction to try them. South Korean forces captured...

The Minnesota Legislature on Saturday approved adding a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage to the November 2012 ballot. The Minnesota House of Representatives voted 70-62 to approve the proposed amendment. In...

Bahrain's Appeal National Safety Court on Sunday unanimously upheld death sentences for two men convicted of killing police officers during anti-government protests in March. The court reduced the death sentences of two others to life...

Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday submitted a request to the court to begin an investigation into the Ivory Coast political conflict during which thousands of...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday unanimously ruled to uphold a $413 million judgment against Syria for assisting in the the murders of two US contractors. In 2004,...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed the need for Russia to improve its legal system and make a better commitment to the rule of law, during a speech at a legal forum in St....

A Somali man pleaded guilty to charges of piracy and hostage taking on Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for overtaking a yacht containing four American citizens. The...

A lawsuit by relatives of 9/11 victims has alleged that Iran knowingly aided al Qaeda in carrying out the attacks, according to affidavits filed Thursday. Included in...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday granted $300 million in punitive damages in each of two cases against Iran for deaths resulting from suicide bombings by Iranian-backed terrorist groups....

The French Court of Cassation , the country's highest appeals court, ruled that the corruption trial against former French president Jacques Chirac can continue, rejecting a constitutional challenge brought by one...