The Malaysian government has released six terror suspects, including Yazid Sufaat who allegedly gave assistance to the 9/11 attackers , according to a Wednesday statement from Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Yazid, released last...

American Sociological Association, et al. v. Michael Chertoff, and Condoleezza Rice, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, December 8, 2008 [ruling that the federal court may review a US consulate decision denying a non-immigrant visa to a controversial...

Tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , and is celebrated as International Human Rights Day . The occasion will be commemorated with a number of special events at the...

Whole Foods Market filed an action in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday requesting an injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from holding an administrative...

Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges...

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday ruled that it has the authority to review a decision by the US consulate in South Africa that denied a visa to a...

A Russian government commission is examining the legality of the Soviet Union's pre-World War II artwork sales, an official from the State Hermitage Museum said on Tuesday. Museum director Mikhail Piotrovsky said in his St. Petersburg state-of-the-museum...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Arizona v. Johnson , the Court heard arguments on whether the Fourth Amendment permits a...

US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Monday told reporters that confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder would begin in January, as soon as the Senate reconvenes. Leahy, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee...

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) formally began operations Tuesday. EULEX is a civilian mission under the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) replacing the United Nations Mission in Kosovo...