The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Wednesday, including Burgess v. US , where the Court held that a defendant's federal drug sentence can be enhanced...

The Supreme Court of Peru on Tuesday upheld a prison sentence for former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was convicted late last year on charges of abuse of authority for ordering a...

US federal prosecutors defended the prison treatment of accused enemy combatant Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri in documents filed Tuesday with the US Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit. Prosecutors say that although...

An Iranian appeals court Tuesday upheld the sentences of three Iranian students on charges of insulting Islam. Majid Tavakoli, Ahmed Ghassaban, and Ehsan Mansouri were arrested last year for allegedly publishing anti-Islamic material in multiple newspapers. The...

A judge in Zimbabwe on Wednesday cleared two foreign journalists of charges of reporting on the country's March 29 presidential election without obtaining proper credentials. Barry Bearak of the New York Times and Stephen Bevan of Britain's...

Officials from the US Department of State and the Department of Defense testified Tuesday in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , calling for the Senate to ratify five long-postponed treaties that would provide increased protection for...

A military judge Tuesday postponed the scheduled April 28 court-martial for a US Marine charged in connection with the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha , rescheduling the trial for June 17....

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) Tuesday settled its lawsuit against the New York Police Department (NYPD) challenging the department's tactics for dealing with large protests. Under the settlement, the...

A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that a $7 billion lawsuit filed by Italian dairy giant Parmalat SpA against Citigroup could go forward on a claim that Citigroup aided...

A US military court opened an Article 32 hearing in Baghdad on Tuesday for a civilian military contractor accused of aggravated assault. Earlier this month, the US military charged Alaa "Alex" Mohammad Ali, a dual...