A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday vacated the conviction of former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member James Ford...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday rejected claims that federal and state drug laws violate the constitutional and statutory rights of a priest in the...

The government of the Netherlands on Tuesday detailed its plans to ban the burqa in and around all primary schools, including Muslim institutions. In a letter to parliament , Education Minister Ronald Plasterk ...

The Taipei District Court on Tuesday cleared former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian of defamation charges stemming from Taiwan's 1991 purchase of six frigates from France. Six retired Taiwanese admirals filed suit against Chen following his...

Three of the four sitting US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) members on Monday denounced a report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as...

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet were ousted Tuesday following a guilty verdict from the Constitutional Court of Thailand on the charge that Samak violated the constitution...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday that she has been summoned to testify before Ukraine's Prosecutor General’s Office on September 11. An official for the office has said that her testimony is being sought...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday revived the possibility of several state-law claims against individuals and entities connected to Enron Corp. by ruling that...

The Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani , met with US officials on Sunday to discuss the release of six Pakistani citizens currently being held at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay ....

The Serbian National Assembly on Tuesday ratified a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) to guide it toward accession to the European Union (EU) [official website; JURIST...