The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Polar Tankers v. City of Valdez , where the Court will consider whether a municipal tax...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia  on Wednesday granted a habeas corpus petition filed by Yemeni Guantanamo Bay  detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh, ordering his release from the prison....

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in federal court Wednesday seeking to set aside the verdict and dismiss the indictment on corruption charges against former senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) ....

A lawyer for former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav argued Wednesday that judges in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) should release Kaing, also known as...

The US Supreme Court issued three opinions Wednesday. The Court ruled 5-4 in 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett that an employee may not bring a statutory...

US Attorney General Eric Holder overruled Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers who believe the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009 pending in Congress violates the Constitution, the Washington Post...

The US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this year, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and US Permanent Representative to the UN Susan Rice ...

The US House of Representatives approved Tuesday a bill that would limit the government's ability to compel reporters to disclose confidential sources by delineating conditions under which it may do so. The Free Flow of Information Act...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended its February decision Tuesday barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office, pending the high court's final...

A Russian court heard arguments Tuesday at the start of the trial of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev on embezzlement and money laundering charges...