A French Internet piracy law has been challenged on constitutional grounds by the opposition Socialist party in front of the Constitutional Council . The bill, introduced...

Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian dismissed his defense lawyers Thursday and announced he would not call any witnesses in protest of what he sees as a politically motivated prosecution . Chen, who...

Authorities in Myanmar on Thursday closed the trial of pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi after briefly opening it to 30 foreign diplomats Wednesday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that accused bomber and Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani will be prosecuted in a US federal court for his alleged role...

Auto de Procesamiento- Antecedentes de Hecho, Audiencia Nacional, May 21, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in...

US President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility while upholding the rule of law by trying some detainees in federal courts and others in modified military commissions...

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a same-sex marriage bill after it was amended at the request of Governor John Lynch . The bill was defeated by a 186-188...

An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians involving the 2003 abduction of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr by the CIA will proceed despite excluded evidence. Judge Oscar Magi...

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act , which aims at expanding the federal government's authority to prosecute acts of financial fraud. Obama said [press...

The Constitutional Court of Slovakia ruled Wednesday that the Special Court, established to try corruption and organized crime cases, violates the Slovak Constitution . The Constitutional Court found that the ability...