A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday denied a motion by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to dismiss a lawsuit brought by...

Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan retired Saturday, paving the way for the official reinstatement of his predecessor, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry . Chaudhry will re-assume the office...

Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday that the decision by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to expel 13 foreign aid agencies earlier this...

A federal jury at the US District Court for the District of Puerto Rico on Friday found former Puerto Rican governor Anibal Acevedo Vila not guilty on nine counts of conspiracy, false statements, and...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Bernard Madoff must remain in jail as he awaits sentencing. The ruling affirms last week's ruling by the US...

Chief of staff to former US secretary of state Colin Powell Lawrence Wilkerson criticized US terrorism detention practices Thursday, saying that authorities were holding innocent civilians as terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay ...

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed the rights of indigenous peoples to land on the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation and set out 19 rules to...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a federal rule that permits the possession of "concealed, loaded and...

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday new guidelines for complying with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . The new guidelines, designed to increase transparency in government, willrescind the Attorney General's FOIA...

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would tax bonuses given to employees of companies that received money from government stimulus programs at 90 percent. The bill, which was passed...