The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that US courts have jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) to hear certain tort claims brought by apartheid victims against...

Four Thai prosecutors traveled to London Friday to discuss the extradition of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on corruption charges , in order to discuss what evidence is necessary in UK courts...

The Sterling Heights Police and Fire Retirement System, a public Michigan pension fund, has filed a derivative action alleging misconduct by Mattel , including failing to report toy defects to federal regulators, and in the case...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that he would appoint Judge Mohamed Amin El Mahdi, Judge Erik Mose and Nicolas Michel to the selection panel that will recommend the judges and chief prosecutor for the...

Myanmar's military government Friday rejected a UN Security Council denunciation of its use of violence against peaceful demonstrators and its accompanying call on the government to release political prisoners and negotiate with the...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Thursday designed to increase funding to legal aid representation for low-income residents of California. The new law, which will take effect in January 2008, will enable banks...

The Taiwan High Court opened proceedings Friday in the corruption trial of Ma Ying-jeou , the opposition presidential candidate in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. Ma was acquitted of the...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday agreed to review a "reconciliation ordinance" that granted amnesty to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and paved the way for a power-sharing agreement between Bhutto...

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to withdraw Russia from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty Friday unless the treaty is expanded to include neighboring countries such as China, India and Pakistan. The treaty, signed...

The Arizona Supreme Court indefinitely stayed the execution of a man on death row Thursday, saying it will wait until the US Supreme Court reviews whether lethal injection is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment in Baze v....