A court in Madagascar on Wednesday convicted former president Marc Ravalomanana of misusing state funds by purchasing a $60 million presidential jet. Justice Minister in the High Authority of the Transition (HAT) transitional...

Convicted US district court judge Samuel Kent on Tuesday submitted his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama effective June 2010, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice charges in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a ban on handguns in two Illinois municipalities. The panel of judges affirmed the district court ruling that the incorporation of...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has rejected Georgia's system of voter citizenship verification by way of a Social Security and driver's license database. In a letter released Monday, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King...

Canadian Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan on Tuesday announced the introduction of legislation to the House of Commons that would allow victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts. The...

The Federal Social Court of Western Germany ruled Tuesday that Jewish-German Holocaust survivors as a class are eligible to collect old-age pension benefits. Specifically, the court found that although the...

Human rights groups on Tuesday called for the Spanish government to continue prosecuting those who violate international law under the principle of universal jurisdiction , sending a manifesto to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis...

A court in China's Yunnan Province on Tuesday sentenced three executives from a Chinese chemical company for polluting Yangzonghai Lake . Chengjiang Jinye Industry and Trade Company chairman Li Dahong was sentenced to four...

An Iraqi court Tuesday convicted and sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for the 2004 kidnapping and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan . Ali Lutfi al-Rawi, allegedly a member of a gang that...

A Pakistani court on Tuesday ended the house arrest of the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) , the Pakistani militant group suspected of carrying out the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack . The Lahore High...