The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's decision to ease restrictions on stem cell research . The lawsuit...

The Romanian Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that a government plan to reduce pension funds by 15 percent was unconstitutional, jeopardizing a pending billion dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) needed...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Hamas authorities to allow captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to communicate with his family and receive visits from the...

Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives on Friday reached an agreement on the financial reform bills passed by each chamber, which focus on increasing regulation in the financial...

The UN Development Programme (UNDP), in coordination with the UNAIDS Secretariat , on Thursday launched the Global Commission on HIV and the Law in order to better understand the role played by the law in facilitating...

The German Federal Court of Justice on Friday ruled that removing a patient from life support is not a criminal offense if the terminal individual had previously given consent. The landmark ruling...

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced five Americans to 10 years in prison for plotting attacks on Pakistan. Waqar Hussain Khan, Ahmed Minni, Ramy Zamzam, Aman Yemer and Umar Farooq, all students from the Washington, DC metro area,...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted 219 to 206 to approve legislation aimed at decreasing the ability of corporations and other special interest groups to influence elections. The bill, known...

Gabon police arrested Rwandan doctor Jean-Chrysostome Ndindabahizi on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and murder in connection to the 1994 Rwandan genocide , according to Rwandan National Public Prosecution...

A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to delay the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich in order for his defense lawyers to review a decision by US Supreme Court limiting...