The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russia violated the rights of gay activists by banning gay rights parades in Moscow. Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alekseyev argued before the...

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman announced Wednesday a new court rule that requires lawyers to file a separate affirmation confirming the accuracy of paperwork used in residential foreclosure cases. The new rule...

Myanmar's Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear the appeal filed by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi asking for her release from house arrest on October 29. Suu Kyi's lawyers will present...

Two Sudanese men suspected of committing war crimes related to the ongoing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan agreed earlier this week not to contest the charges during an upcoming...

Environmental advocacy groups Defenders of Wildlife, Gulf Restoration Network and Save the Manatee Club filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against oil British Petroleum (BP) for the ongoing harm to endangered and threatened wildlife...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) affirmed most convictions of two accused war criminals Thursday but slightly reduced their respective sentences. Emmanuel Rukundo , a priest convicted of genocide, had...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered parliament to review a constitutional amendment that gives the legislature the right to appoint judges. The court expressed concern over the ability of the judiciary...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a temporary stay on Wednesday preventing the suspension of the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy....

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced a settlement in a class action discrimination lawsuit filed against the USDA in 1999 by Native American farmers. Under the...

Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) invalidated 1.3 million votes Wednesday due to findings of fraud during last month's parliamentary election . The ballots, constituting nearly one-fourth of the 5.6 million votes cast nationwide , were...