The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reconsider its ruling upholding a $550,000 fine against CBS for the infamous...

Japanese activists demonstrated Sunday on Japan's 62nd Constitution Day to voice opposing views about an approaching referendum on the country's pacifist constitution . Efforts to reform the constitution are particularly focused on Article...

A spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry said Sunday that the US has asked Germany to take in up to 10 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The US government reportedly...

A Spanish National Court judge on Monday ordered investigations to continue into alleged crimes against humanity committed in a 2002 Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip ,...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In two of the cases, the Court will consider juvenile life sentences. In Graham v. Florida ,...

The US Supreme Court issued four opinions Monday. The Court ruled unanimously in Flores-Figueroa v. United States that a federal "aggravated identity theft" statute [18 USC §...

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Sunday in an interview with ABC that he hopes to have a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced Saturday that Iran's judiciary will fairly review the espionage conviction of US journalist Roxana Saberi , adding that "ules and regulations in Iran equally apply...

An Iranian woman sentenced to death for a murder committed as a juvenile was secretly executed Friday, drawing criticism from human rights groups. Delara Darabi, a 23-year-old Iranian artist sentenced to death six years ago as a juvenile on...

The Obama administration may reinstitute controversial military commission proceedings for Guantanamo Bay military prison detainees in an announcement as early as next week, according to a New York Times report ...