Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with fraud for alleged campaign finance law violations, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday. Hsu allegedly created...

Former federal judge and US Attorney General nominee Michael B. Mukasey will forbid US Department of Justice (DOJ) employees from discussing sensitive cases with outside agencies if he is confirmed as attorney general,...

Private security contractors operating in Iraq work largely above the law due to legal loopholes, according to a Thursday New York Times report on the aftermath of Sunday's shooting death of at least eight Iraqi civilians at the...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that two New Jersey students can protest against a school uniform policy by wearing buttons that depict uniform-clad Hitler Youth . Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. of the District...

A Canadian environmental advocacy group has sued the Canadian government over the 2007 Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act , alleging that the government's current compliance plan for the 2005 Kyoto Protocol does not meet the act's...

A display featuring the Ten Commandments in a Kentucky courthouse passes constitutional muster because it does not promote religion, a federal judge held in a ruling released Wednesday. Judge Karl Forester of the Eastern District Court of Kentucky [official...

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea has expressed his desire to cooperate fully with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the court established to try former Khmer Rouge leaders,...

France's National Assembly , the lower house of the French parliament, passed a new immigration bill aimed at increasing the ratio of skilled to unskilled immigrants entering France by...

Iran released on bail Iranian-American consultant Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh from prison Wednesday, according to IRNA, the official Iranian news agency. Tajbakhsh, employed by the Open Society Institute, will not be allowed to leave...

The UN on Wednesday again rejected Taiwan's 15th bid for UN membership , as a UN committee balked at placing the issue on the General Assembly's agenda. Taiwan, which officially refers to itself as the Republic of China...