The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report Monday absolving the FBI of charges that agents conducted investigations of domestic groups based on their exercise of...

The Malaysian Court of Appeals on Monday dismissed an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of the Kuala Lumpur High Court's refusal to throw out the sodomy charges ...

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law, combating corruption and improving transparency in a speech published by the government Sunday. During the speech, delivered last month at a national...

A man found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 1985 Air India bombings was found guilty Saturday of perjury. Inderjit Singh Reyat was the only person convicted for his role in the 1985...

A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday sentenced Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , to six years in prison. Ahari was sentenced to...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a district court ruling that ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee...

Supporters of Proposition 8 , California's ban on same-sex marriage , filed a brief Friday in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting to proceed with an...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that a US scientist and his wife have been indicted for conspiring to sell nuclear weapons information to an individual they believed worked for the Venezuelan government....

Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday upheld a verdict in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC in a case brought by families of Nigerian protesters who...

A Rwandan court on Friday sentenced opposition leader Deogratias Mushayidi to life in prison for recruiting rebels and trying to incite violence against the government of current Rwandan President Paul Kagame . Mushayidi was...