The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday voted 77-38 to pass controversial legislation revising the state's election laws, only hours after the Senate did so by a 25-13 margin. The bill limits...

The Supreme Court of California on Thursday ruled unanimously to allow claims against tobacco companies for smoking-related ailments that arise after the statute of limitations for an earlier condition has elapsed. Though state law...

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil unanimously recognized legal rights for partners in same-sex civil unions on Thursday. Through the ruling, gay couples in "stable relationships" now have...

Human rights experts from the UN Commission for Human Rights on Friday called on the US to disclose further details on the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary;...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the government of Bahrain to release detained activists and exercise restraint against protesters. Pillay called on leaders to "urgently conduct an independent,...

The Ivory Coast Constitutional Council, the nation's highest court, on Thursday declared Alassane Ouattara winner of the country's disputed presidential election, reversing a previous decision. The court originally refused to ratify the results of the November election,...

The Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission on Tuesday concluded that the Kyrgyzstan military handed out weapons to Kyrgyz mobs who attacked minority Uzbeks last summer. The international, independent inquiry into the June 2010 ethnic violence [Guardian backgrounder;...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday insisted on "a full disclosure of the accurate facts" surrounding the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden ....

A Hungarian court on Thursday began the trial of accused Nazi Sandor Kepiro, charged with war crimes committed during the 1942 Novi Sad massacre in Serbia. Kepiro, 97, was named as the world's most wanted Nazi war crimes suspect...

Former Egyptian interior minister Habib el-Adly was convicted Thursday on charges of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Adly, the first Hosni Mubarak regime official to be convicted...