The Swiss government announced Wednesday that it has agreed to accept one Uzbek Guantanamo Bay detainee for resettlement "on humanitarian grounds." The unidentified detainee has been held at Guantanamo since 2005 but has never...

The British Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Jewish school discriminated against a boy by denying him admission because he was not "ethnically Jewish." The London secondary school, JFS , denied...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday issued its first genocide charges against two former Khmer Rouge leaders. Former deputy leader and chief ideologist Nuon Chea and foreign...

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed charges of fraud and conspiracy against two former executives of microchip maker Broadcom Corp. citing prosecutorial misconduct. Judge Cormac Carney of the US District Court for the Central District...

The lawyer for a Swiss Muslim said Wednesday that his client has filed a complaint at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging Switzerland's recent vote to ban the construction of minarets . Hafid Ouardiri,...

The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday agreed to drop antitrust charges against Microsoft after the company agreed to offer consumers a choice of web browsers . The EC had accused Microsoft...

An assembly of Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday submitted an immigration reform bill in the US House of Representatives that would give undocumented immigrants an easier path to seek legal status in the country. The proposed...

Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and former hedge fund consultant Danielle Chiesi were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Manhattan on insider trading charges. The...

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police must obtain a warrant before searching data stored in a cell phone, in the first ruling of its kind by a state high court. The...

State of Ohio v. Smith, Supreme Court of Ohio, December 15, 2009 .Reported in...