The US Senate voted Wednesday night to authorize three key provisions of the USA Patriot Act set to expire on Sunday. The bill, passed by a voice vote, would allow federal authorities...

UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Wednesday praised the increasing number of countries that have suspended or abolished the death penalty . Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in...

The Venezuelan government is continuously violating basic human rights , particularly freedom of expression, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the Organization of American States (OAS) said in a report released Wednesday. The...

The European Commission (EC) confirmed Wednesday that it has received three antitrust complaints against Google regarding the way the search engine ranks search results, but said it has not started a formal investigation....

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) briefed lawmakers between 2001 and 2007 on the specifics of enhanced interrogation techniques, according to declassified documents made public by Judicial Watch on...

Maryland v. Shatzer, US Supreme Court, February 24, 2010 [holding that the Edwards v. Arizona prohibition against interrogation of a suspect who has invoked the Fifth Amendment right to counsel does not require suppression of statements if, after the suspect...

Marriage - Whether out-of-state same-sex marriage that is valid in the state of celebration may be recognized in Maryland, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, February 24, 2010 [opinion encouraging the state of Maryland and its agencies to recognize same-sex marriages...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Carr v. United States , the court heard arguments on whether the...

Four Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Albania and Spain, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. Three detainees, Tunisia native Aleh Bin Hadi Asasi, Egypt native Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad,...

Twelve high-ranking Turkish military officers were formally charged on Wednesday for their role in an alleged plot to overthrow Turkey's government. Among those charged were four admirals, two retired colonels, and a retired brigadier general. More than...