The UN General Assembly voted Wednesday to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of the unilaterally-proclaimed independence of Kosovo . Seventy-seven member...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday affirmed the 2007 conviction of Milan Martic on 16 counts of...

Citigroup Inc., Wachovia Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. announced Wednesday that they had extended an agreement to freeze litigation activity through 8 AM Friday. According to Citigroup, the agreement provides for...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in three cases, including Winter, et al. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., et al. , 07-1239, in which the...

Attorneys for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Tuesday seeking to delay the transfer of...

The United Nations will not open an investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters Tuesday. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari [official...

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Tuesday from Mexico to Guatemala, where he is accused of authorizing transfers of $15.8 million from the budget of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense during his presidency from...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Tuesday arrested more than 300 people suspected of being illegal aliens during an immigration sting at a Columbia Farms poultry processing plant in South Carolina. ICE officials...

Lawyers providing free legal advice to parents of children in China sickened by tainted milk products have been pressured by Chinese officials to stop providing legal services, according to one of the lawyers speaking to the Associated...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Tuesday that it has begun an agency review of US financial accounting procedures, including "mark-to-market" rules, pursuant to the recently-passed $700 billion financial rescue bill...