China's Supreme People's Court announced Sunday that evidence obtained through violence or intimidation will be barred from use in criminal trials and death penalty cases. The new regulations require prosecutors to provide...

The Iraqi Supreme Court on Tuesday ratified the final results of the nation's March 7 parliamentary elections , officially confirming a narrow victory for the secular Iraqiya alliance. The court's chief judge, Madhat al-Mahmoud, announced...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to restore access to the Facebook social networking website. The LHC had blocked access to the website earlier this month, in...

Chairman of the US military Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen on Sunday urged Congress to delay passing a legislative amendment to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy [10...

A Bangladesh High Court has dismissed the last of 15 corruption cases against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , her lawyer said Monday. The court held that Hasina had not committed a criminal offense when she used...

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said Friday that she will not seek the assistance of state Attorney General Terry Goddard in defending against challenges to the new immigration law [SB 1070 materials; JURIST news...

A US immigration judge on Thursday ordered Times Square bombing suspect Aftab Ali Khan deported to his native Pakistan. Khan was arrested along with two other men earlier this month on immigration charges under the suspicion that they...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Saturday for gay rights reform throughout the international community. Praising Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika for his Friday decision to pardon a gay couple recently sentenced...

A task force initiated by the US government to evaluate the status of Guantanamo Bay detainees has reported that only 10 percent of inmates were terrorist leaders when President Barack Obama took...

Rwandan police on Friday arrested American lawyer Peter Erlinder in Kigali on charges that he denied the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Erlinder, a defense lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal...