A judge for the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered that US consulate worker Raymond Davis be held for the murder of two men in Pakistan last week, ignoring US protests that Davis...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) signed a bill on Monday legalizing same-sex civil unions in the state. The "Illinois Religious Freedom and Civil Union Act," seeks to provide "adequate procedures for...

Accused Nazi war criminal and US citizen Peter Egner passed away last week at a retirement community in Bellevue, Washington. A US trial to revoke Egner's citizenship was scheduled to begin on February 22 ...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Monday struck down the health care reform law as unconstitutional. The lawsuit was joined by...

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced Friday that he has reached an agreement with Google to avoid court proceedings over the company's collection of private data from unsecured personal...

Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics indicated Monday that Hungary is willing to consult with the EU over its controversial new media law. In a letter responding to the European Commission's request for more information regarding the law, Navracsics...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday denied the government's request to put on hold all appeals in Log Cabin Republicans v. USA, a case regarding the constitutionality of the military's...

Thailand's "red shirt" pro-democracy movement on Monday petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary investigation into whether the government committed crimes against humanity during the Bangkok protests...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) heard arguments Monday from lawyers representing three former Khmer Rouge leaders regarding their clients' continued detention. Nuon Chea , Khieu Samphan [JURIST...

The FBI reported to a presidential oversight board that between 2001 and 2008 it committed approximately 800 violations of laws, executive orders, or other regulations governing intelligence investigations, according to a report released Monday by the Electronic...